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AFGHANISTAN VIRUS OUTBREAK Taliban moving in on another capital city

BY TAMEEM AKHGAR AND KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Tali- ban fighters entered the capital of northern Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province Saturday, a provincial lawmaker said, after sweeping through nine of 10 districts in the province. The government did not deny lawmaker Mohammad Karim Jawzjani’s claim that Taliban fighters had entered Sheberghan, but said the city had not fallen. If the city falls, it will be the second provincial capital in as many days to succumb to the Taliban. Several other of the country’s 34 provin- cial capitals are threatened. On Friday, the Taliban took con- trol of the southwestern Nimroz provincial capital of Zaranj, where MARTA LAVANDIER/AP the government says it is still bat- Passengers wait for COVID-19 tests to travel overseas, Friday, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after flight cancellations forced many to redo their tling insurgents inside the capital. tests. Others were unable to get the test due to long lines caused by the surging Delta variant. Sheberghan is particularly stra- tegic because it is the stronghold of U.S-allied Uzbek warlord Rash- id Dostum, whose militias are among those resurrected to aid US averaging 100,000 the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces. Heavy airstrikes were reported by residents of Sheberghan who also said the Taliban had freed prisoners from the city jail. They new infections each day requested to remain anonymous fearing retaliation from both Health officials fear cases will continue to soar if vaccine hesitancy persists among Americans sides. Associated Press the number is 107,143. Taliban fighters have swept It took the U.S. about nine months INSIDE through large swathes of Afghan- The U.S. is now averaging 500 to cross the 100,000 average case istan at surprising speed, initially 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a Unvaccinated COVID-19 number in November before peak- taking districts, many in remote day, returning to a milestone last Seven-day average ing at about 250,000 in early Janu- areas. In recent weeks they have seen during the winter surge in yet for daily new deaths recoverees twice as likely ary. Cases bottomed out in June but laid siege to several provincial another bleak reminder of how attributable to CO- took about six weeks to go back to be reinfected than capitals across the country as the quickly the delta variant has spread VID-19 as of Friday, up from 270 per day above 100,000, despite a vaccine last U.S. and NATO troops leave through the country. The U.S. was averaging about two weeks ago. those who get shots SEE ANOTHER ON PAGE 3 11,000 cases a day in late June. Now SOURCE: AP SEE FEAR ON PAGE 5 Page 5 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Strong jobs report sends most stocks higher EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1146.79 Associated Press year Treasury climbed to 1.31% also were big winners, adding 1.5%. Switzerland (Franc) 0.9124 Euro costs (Aug. 9) $1.15 Thailand (Baht) 33.39 Wall Street capped a choppy from 1.21% late Thursday, clawing “Now, growth looks like it’s on a Dollar buys (Aug. 9) 0.8258 Turkey (NewLira) 8.6283 British pound (Aug. 9) $1.36 week of trading Friday with broad back all the losses it sustained over pretty solid footing,” said Sameer Japanese yen (Aug. 9) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available gains, which helped push the S&P the last week. Samana, senior global market strat- South Korean won (Aug. 9) 1113.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Aver- Investors weighed a government egist at Wells Fargo Investment In- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) 0.3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ age to new highs. report showing the U.S. job market stitute. Britain (Pound) 1.3888 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2546 your local military banking facility. Commercial The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, a day af- is making widespread improve- The S&P 500 rose 7.42 points to China(Yuan) 6.4817 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.3156 ter setting another all-time high. ments. Most stocks across Wall 4,436.52. The benchmark index Egypt (Pound) 15.7057 when buying currency. All figures are foreign Every major index notched a week- Street rose following the report, notched a 0.9% gain for the week. Euro 0.8492 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7794 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ ly gain after slipping last week. with companies whose profits are The Dow gained 144.26 points, or Hungary (Forint) 299.58 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2206 Some of the sharpest action hap- most closely tied to the strength of 0.4%, to 35,208.51. The Nasdaq fell Japan (Yen) 110.28 INTEREST RATES pened in the bond market, where the economy leading the way. Fi- 59.36 points, or 0.4%, to 14,835.76, Kuwait(Dinar) 0.3006 Norway (Krone) 8.8559 Prime rate 3.25 Treasury yields tend to move with nancial companies notched the big- while the Russell 2000 index of Philippines (Peso) 50.66 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.87 Federal funds market rate 0.09 expectations for the economy and gest gains within the S&P 500, smaller companies rose 11.75 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7503 3­month bill 0.05 for inflation. The yield on the 10- climbing 2%. Materials companies points, or 0.5%, to 2,247.76. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3538 30­year bond 1.86 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY ALEXANDER VERSHININ ing our region,” Rakhmon said, Associated Press noting that Tajikistan has moved TURKMENBASHI, Turkme- to strengthen the protection of its nistan — Leaders from five ex-So- border with Afghanistan. viet Central Asian nations on Fri- Uzbekistan's President Shavkat day voiced concern about instabil- Mirziyoyev also emphasized that ity possibly spilling out of Afghan- stability in Central Asia hinges on istan and discussed their response the situation in Afghanistan. to potential security threats, while Russia, which has a security Russian heavy bombers carried pact with Central Asian nations out practice strikes in joint drills and military bases in Tajikistan near the Afghan border. and Kyrgyzstan, has pledged to The leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyr- provide military assistance in or- gyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan der to fend off any potential and Uzbekistan met in Turkmen- threats coming from Afghanistan. bashi on the Caspian Sea to talk On Friday, Russian and Uzbek about the regional challenges. troops wrapped up joint war “A quick settlement of the situa- games involving 1,500 troops and tion in Afghanistan is a key factor 200 military vehicles. The maneu- for preserving and strengthening vers featured four Russian security and stability in Central Tu-22M3 long-range bombers fly- Asia,” the five leaders said in a ing from a base in western Russia statement after the talks. RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE/AP to strike mock militant camps at Turkmenistan's President Gur- A Russian Tu­22M3 long­range bomber rolls, preparing for its takeoff at the Termez firing range in the Termez firing range in Uzbe- banguly Berdimuhamedov noted Uzbekistan, Friday. On Friday, Russian and Uzbek troops wrapped up joint war games involving 1,500 kistan near the border with Af- that the talks give a boost to re- troops and 200 military vehicles who practiced action to destroy militants. ghanistan. gional cooperation. The five lead- Another joint military exercise ers talked about expanding trade control more than half of Afghan- summit. about the concentration of “terror- that began Thursday in Tajikistan and economic ties and establish- istan's 421 districts and district Rakhmon said that more than ist groups” in Afghanistan along near the Afghan border involves ing a permanent regional security centers after pressing their offen- 2,000 Afghan army soldiers have the border with Tajikistan that to- 2,500 Russian, Tajik and Uzbek dialogue. sive at unexpected speed and are fled to Tajikistan following the Ta- gether number more than 3,000 troops as well as 500 military vehi- The fighting between the Tali- aiming to seize provincial capitals. liban offensive. militants from the ex-Soviet states cles. ban and Afghanistan’s govern- “Regrettably, the Taliban has “It's quite surprising that they and China. The Russian Defense Ministry ment forces has escalated recently taken control of the entire length retreated and abandoned their po- “These are extremists who are said in a statement that the war as U.S. and NATO troops complete of the border with our country,” sitions without offering any resist- well-trained in sabotage, terror- games were intended to “train for their pullout from the war-torn Tajikistan’s President Emomali ance to the Taliban,” he added. ism and propaganda activities and joint action to destroy invading country. The Taliban currently Rakhmon said during Friday’s He also expressed concern have far-reaching plans concern- enemy forces.” Another: US Embassy in Kabul warns citizens, condemns onslaught More than half of Afghanistan’s 421 dis- FROM PAGE 1 tricts and district centers are now in Tali- the country. The U.S. Central Command ban hands. While many are in remote re- says the withdrawal is more than 95% com- gions, some are extremely strategic, giving plete and will be finished by Aug. 31. the Taliban control of lucrative border The U.S. Air Force continues to aid the crossings with Iran, Tajikistan and Pakis- Afghan air force’s bombing of Taliban tar- tan. gets in southern Helmand and Kandahar The insurgent force on Friday closed one provinces as Afghan security forces try to of the country’s most lucrative borders with prevent a Taliban takeover. Pakistan at Spin Boldak in southeastern Af- On Saturday, the U.S. and British embas- ghanistan. The Taliban were protesting a sies in Kabul repeated a warning to its citi- demand from Pakistan that all Afghans zens still there to leave “immediately” as crossing the border must have Afghan pass- the security situation deteriorated. ports and Pakistani visas. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul also issued a The group said Pakistan was implement- statement Saturday condemning the Tali- ing the demands of the Afghan government ban’s military onslaught saying it was con- and demanded that previous procedures in trary to the insurgent group’s claim to sup- which identities were rarely checked as port a negotiated peace settlement. people crossed the border be reinstituted. The statement called for an immediate Thousands of Afghans and Pakistanis end to fighting and a start to “negotiations to cross the border daily and a steady stream end the suffering of the Afghan people and TARIQ ACHAKZAI/AP of trucks passes through, bringing goods to pave the way for an inclusive political set- Stranded people wait for the border, which was closed by authorities, to open, in land-locked Afghanistan from the Arabian tlement that benefits all Afghans and en- Chaman, Pakistan, Saturday. Chaman border crossing is one of busiest border Sea port city of Karachi in Pakistan. sures that Afghanistan does not again serve crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Hundreds of people were waiting Satur- as a safe haven for terrorists.” day to pass through and more than 600 On Friday, Taliban fighters assassinated offensive to take more territory. to dislodge the Taliban but with little suc- trucks, many loaded with perishable fresh Dawa Khan Menapal, the chief of the Af- Deborah Lyons also called on the interna- cess, said Nafeeza Faiez, a provincial coun- foods, were backed up in both countries. ghan government’s press operations for lo- tional community to urge both sides to stop cil member. Taliban are in control of nine of Islamabad’s relationship with Kabul has cal and foreign media. It came just days af- fighting and negotiate to prevent a “catas- the city’s 10 police districts. been troubled, with both sides accusing ter a coordinated attempt was made to kill trophe” in the war-torn country. Faiez said conditions for residents are each other of harboring militants. Afghan acting defense chief Bismillah Khan Mo- In Afghanistan’s Helmand and Kandahar desperate as they hunker down inside their Taliban leaders live in Pakistan and Kabul hammadi in a posh and deeply secure provinces in the south of the country thou- homes, unable to get supplies or get to hos- is bitterly critical of Pakistan for aiding neighborhood of the capital. sands of Afghans were displaced by the pitals for treatment. Many of the public them and treating their fighters in hospitals In a report to the U.N. Security Council on fighting and living in miserable conditions. buildings have also been badly damaged in in Pakistan. Islamabad meanwhile charges Friday the U.N. envoy for Afghanistan In Helmand’s provincial capital of Lash- the fighting. that Kabul provides a safe haven to the Pa- urged the council to demand the Taliban kar Gah, Afghanistan’s elite commando “People have no access to any service,” kistani Taliban, a separate militant group immediately stop attacking cities in their forces aided by regular troops were trying she said that regularly stages attacks in Pakistan. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 MILITARY Teachers get taste of Parris Island in Marine program BY KARL PUCKETT San Diego. The Beaufort (S.C.) Gazette The teachers stood out like sore PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — Lying thumbs wearing shorts and tennis on her belly, yellow plugs in her shoes while gun-toting recruits ears, DeAna’e De Sadier aimed a trained in their cammies. M16 rifle at a green-colored pop- But the rounds De Sadier was up target 100 yards in the distance firing were live, and the shouts at Marine Corps Recruit Depot from the drill instructors when the Parris Island. teachers first arrived were real. De Sadier is not a Marine. Until On the quieter side, they’re also Wednesday, she had never fired a learning the history of the Ma- gun. rines along with its educational The physical education teacher and job benefits. PHOTOS BY KARL PUCKETT, THE ISLAND PACKET/AP and basketball coach at Stranahan “It’s challenging,” De Sadier Alabama teacher Heather Hendrix fires an M16 under the direction of Sgt. Trevon Mays during the High School in Fort Lauderdale, said of the Marine Corps following Educators’ Workshop on Wednesday at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Fla., is among a few dozen teach- the marksmanship training. “It’s ers from across the eastern United exciting. It’s motivating. It’s seri- They visited nearby U.S. Ma- States who got a behind-the- ous.” rine Corps Air Station Beaufort scenes glimpse last week of the The teachers arrived Wednes- where they saw firefighter jets grueling 13-week Marine Corps day night, staying in a hotel in and talked to Marines, and they al- training that occurs at Parris Is- Beaufort. Early Thursday morn- so got to see a portion of the Cruci- land on the Atlantic Coast. ing, straight off the bus, they got ble — the final 54-hour training The educators are participating the same treatment from the drill each recruit must undergo before in an Educators’ Workshop of- instructors that recruits get. Well, officially becoming a Marine. On fered by the U.S. Marine Corps. almost. Friday, they were scheduled to be The aim of the program is to “It got a little bit watered down, in the audience to watch members give teachers a taste of the train- but it was pretty close,” Staff Sgt. of Charlie and November Compa- ing so they can be better informed Tyler Leikness, who planned the ny graduate. and say to high school students, Educators’ Workshop, said of the “It was fun,” said Heather Hen- ”Hey this may be a good fit for greeting drill instructors gave the drix, a teacher from Alabama at you, or maybe you should try teachers. the firing range, where the cracks something else,” Capt. Philip In the early 1960s, yellow foot- Tammy Blau, an art teacher from southeastern Michigan, gets of rifles firing and an acrid smell Kulczewski, a Marine Corps prints were painted on the pave- instruction from Sgt. Dalton Jenkins during the Educators’ Workshop. filled the air. Recruit Station spokesman, said. ment in front of the recruit-receiv- As she was shooting an M16, It’s the first Educators’ Work- ing barracks. Their purpose is to my Blau, an art teacher from she wanted to learn more so she Hendrix’s son, a Marine recruit, shop at Parris Island in more than help brand-new recruits know southeastern Michigan, said of the has better information to pass was training somewhere on Parris a year-and-a-half because of CO- where to stand in formation while moment she stood on the yellow along to her students. The diversi- Island. Experiencing a little bit of VID-19, and 47 teachers from screaming drill instructors bark. footsteps, “because I know it’s ty of jobs that the Marine Corps of- what he’s experiencing is what across the region traveled to the The teachers stood in those same something that’s traditionally fers surprised her. brought her to South Carolina. But Marine Corps training base to par- footsteps getting an earful about done.” Beside the weapons training, being so close without being able ticipate, Kulczewski said. Usually, taking the first step toward be- Blau sees so many students who teacher recruits got to see the pool to see him was bittersweet. a dozen are conducted each year coming a member of the world’s lack focus, she said, and the Ma- training for “iron ducks.” Iron “It’s been eye-opening to get a at both Parris Island and the finest fighting force. rine Corps may be a good fit for ducks are recruits who need addi- taste of what he’s doing and what branch’s other recruiting depot in “It was impactful to me,” Tam- some of them. She came because tional training in learning to swim. he’s going to do,” Hendrix said. IG: VA continues to wrongfully deny sexual trauma claims BY NIKKI WENTLING efits to which they are entitled and problems found in 2018, the new said military sexual trauma dle the claims in an effort to re- Stars and Stripes experiencing additional distress report found. claims are especially complex. To duce the rate of rejection. WASHINGTON — Veterans when claims are improperly han- In a written response to the re- receive disability benefits, veter- The inspector general’s office suffering from military sexual dled or denied,” the report reads. port, Thomas Murphy, the VA’s ans must have a diagnosis of post- directed the VA on Thursday to re- trauma were still unfairly denied The inspector general’s office acting undersecretary for bene- traumatic stress disorder, as well view all of the claims in which in- benefits from the Department of investigated the claims as a fol- fits, said the department has im- as credible evidence that sexual spectors had found errors and cor- Veterans Affairs years after prob- low-up to a 2018 review, during proved its handling of military assault or harassment occurred rect them. Some lawmakers spoke lems first came to light with the which inspectors found about 49% sexual trauma claims in fiscal during their military service. Vet- out last week, though, arguing agency’s handling of claims, a fed- of rejected claims for military sex- 2021. From Oct. 1, 2020, the start of erans also need a medical opinion more action is needed. Rep. Mark eral watchdog reported Thursday. ual trauma between April 1 and the fiscal year, through June 1, the linking their symptoms to the as- Takano, R-Calif., called on the de- The VA Office of Inspector Gen- Sept. 30, 2017, were denied with- VA granted 72% of military sexual sault or harassment. partment to give a second look to eral investigated denied claims of out the processors performing trauma claims, Murphy wrote. The claims are a challenge for all denied military sexual trauma military sexual trauma and found their due diligence. That’s up from 57% in 2017. the VA because many sexual as- claims. VA processors didn’t always fol- Inspectors conducted a second “[The VA] acknowledges that saults are not reported when they The inspector general’s office low the policies and procedures review to see how the department additional controls and oversight happen, the inspector general’s of- also issued a report last week for them. Leaders of the Veterans improved since the 2018 report. are required to further improve fice said. based on interviews with 136 of the Benefits Administration didn’t Instead, they discovered the situa- [military sexual trauma]-related The office suggested in 2018 VA’s military sexual trauma coor- monitor compliance, and there tion had gotten worse. The office claims processing,” Murphy that the claims be handled by dinators. More than 60% said they were ongoing “failures in govern- found 57% of rejected claims for wrote. “However, as a result of our processors who receive special didn’t have the administrative ance,” the report states. military sexual trauma in the last efforts since 2018, [the VA] has training. The VA announced in support that they needed to per- “As a result, veteran survivors quarter of 2019 were incorrectly dramatically increased the grant May that it would follow through form their duties, and nearly 30% of military sexual trauma remain denied. rate for MST-related claims.” on that recommendation and des- said they needed more funding for at risk of not receiving the VA ben- The VA had not corrected the The inspector general’s office ignate specialized offices to han- outreach and education. Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Disputes over school mask mandates escalate

The Washington Post saying it is among the best strate- that right.” not cavalier attitude toward this mothers who challenged the ban, Disputes over whether schools gies available to mitigate spread of In Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchin- public health emergency and to- noted that under the law, the court should be allowed to require face the coronavirus. But Florida and son, R, had signed the ban against ward this remedy that I suggested itself was prohibited from order- masks escalated in two states Fri- Arkansas are among about a half- mask mandates in April but later to them.” ing those at the hearing to don day, with the ideological battle dozen states have banned their supported roll- Hutchinson’s comments came masks — something that Fox him- over public health and personal school districts from imposing re- ing it back for after a judge temporarily blocked self had in fact ordered. choice showing little sign of abat- quirements. schools. He ar- the state from enforcing the law. Back in Florida, opponents to ing on the eve of the new school Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R, gued that allow- The governor said the judge had DeSantis’s order have pointed to year. has threatened to withhold fund- ing individual properly ruled that the law “is con- skyrocketing coronavirus cases in In Arkansas, a judge temporari- ing from districts that don’t com- school districts stitutional and an overreach of au- the state in recent weeks. Florida ly blocked a state law that prevents ply and arguing that masks should to make this deci- thority.” reported 22,783 new cases Thurs- schools and other government be a personal choice. But a few sion was a con- Friday’s order, issued by Pulas- day, the highest single-day count agencies from mandating masks. Florida districts are set to defy servative ap- ki County Circuit Judge Tim Fox, since the start of the pandemic in DeSantis But in Florida, the state school those orders, arguing that masks proach that ruled against the state on several 2020. board boosted the governor’s op- are needed to protect students at a boosted local control. grounds. The judge ruled that such Several districts have threat- position to mandates, extending el- time when the delta variant of the Hutchinson called the legisla- intrusions into another branch of ened to defy the order. Alachua igibility for a taxpayer-funded disease is surging. ture back from a special session to government’s actions amounted to County, where the University of school voucher program to stu- “If a parent wants their child to reconsider the law, but lawmakers an unconstitutional breach on the Florida is located, is mandating dents who face mask require- wear a mask, they should have that declined to make changes. The separation of powers. He also masks for the first two weeks of ments. right,” state school board vice governor told reporters Friday noted that while public schools school amid a rise in coronavirus The Centers for Disease Control chair Ben Gibson said. “If a parent that he was disappointed in the leg- were barred from mandating cases. Two school custodians in and Prevention has recommended doesn’t want their child to wear a islature and criticized some who masks, private schools were not. the district had recently died of co- universal masking in all schools, mask in school, they should have he described as having a “casual if Tom Mars, attorney for two vid-19. Shots give COVID-19 survivors big immune boost, studies show Associated Press naled that protection drops Even people who have reco- against worrisome variants. vered from COVID-19 are urged The CDC study offers some re- to get vaccinated, especially as al-world evidence. the extra-contagious delta variant Researchers studied Kentucky surges — and a new study shows residents with a lab-confirmed survivors who ignored that ad- coronavirus infection in 2020, the vice were more than twice as vast majority of them between likely to get reinfected. October and December. They Friday’s report from the Cen- compared 246 people who got re- ters for Disease Control and Pre- infected in May or June of this vention adds to growing laborato- year with 492 similar survivors ry evidence that people who had who stayed healthy. The survi- one bout of COVID-19 get a dra- vors who never got vaccinated matic boost in virus-fighting im- had a significantly higher risk of mune cells — and a bonus of reinfection than those who were broader protection against new fully vaccinated, even though mutants — when they’re vacci- most had their first bout of CO- nated. VID-19 just six to nine months “If you have had COVID-19 be- ago. KEVIN MCGILL/AP fore, please still get vaccinated,” A different variant of the coro- Brack May poses with a masked mannequin in his New Orleans restaurant, Cowbell, on Friday. May’s said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle navirus caused most illnesses in eatery is among the first in the city to require proof of vaccination against COVID­19 for indoor diners. Walensky. “Getting the vaccine is 2020, while the newer alpha ver- the best way to protect yourself sion was predominant in Ken- and others around you, especially tucky in May and June, said Fear: New cases soaring across country as the more contagious delta vari- study lead author Alyson Cava- ant spreads around the country.” naugh, a CDC disease detective FROM PAGE 1 “Our models show that if we transferred out of the city to get According to a new Gallup sur- working with that state’s health that has been given to more than don’t (vaccinate people), we could medical care, including one who vey, one of the main reasons department. 70% of the adult population. be up to several hundred thousand had to be taken to North Dakota. Americans cite for not planning That suggests natural immuni- The seven-day average for daily cases a day, similar to our surge in Dr. David Persse, who is health to get vaccinated is the belief that ty from earlier infection isn’t as new deaths also increased, ac- early January,” Centers for Dis- authority for the Houston Health they’re protected since they al- strong as the boost those people cording to data from Johns Hop- ease Control and Prevention di- Department and EMS medical di- ready had COVID-19. From the can get from vaccination while kins University. It rose over the rector Rochelle Walensky said on rector, said some ambulances beginning health authorities have the virus evolves, she said. past two weeks from about 270 CNN this week. were waiting hours to offload pa- urged survivors to get the broad- There’s little information yet deaths per day to nearly 500 a day The number of Americans hos- tients at Houston area hospitals er protection vaccination prom- on reinfections with the newer as of Friday. pitalized with the virus has also because no beds were available. ises. While the shots aren’t per- delta variant. But U.S. health offi- The virus is spreading quickly skyrocketed and it has gotten so Persse said he feared this would fect, they are providing strong cials point to early data from Bri- through unvaccinated popula- bad that many hospitals are lead to prolonged respond times to protection against hospitalization tain that the reinfection risk ap- tions, especially in the South scrambling to find beds for pa- 911 medical calls. and death even from the delta pears greater with delta than where hospitals have been over- tients in far-off locations. “The health care system right mutant. with the once-common alpha var- run with patients. Houston officials say the latest now is nearly at a breaking point ... Scientists say infection does iant, once people are six months Health officials are fearful that wave of COVID-19 cases is push- For the next three weeks or so, I generally leave survivors protect- past their prior infection. cases will continue to soar if more ing the local health care system to see no relief on what’s happening ed against a serious reinfection at The CDC recommends full vac- Americans don’t embrace the vac- nearly “a breaking point,” result- in emergency departments,” least with a similar version of the cination, meaning both doses of cine. ing in some patients having to be Persse said Thursday. virus, but blood tests have sig- two-dose vaccines, for everyone. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 NATION California wildfires spark weekend of fear Associated Press She wasn’t alone. lope Fire, which earlier had GREENVILLE, Calif. — People “I’ve got probably 30 of my reg- thrown up flames 100 feet high as living in the scenic forestlands of ular customers right here,” she it blackened bone-dry grass, Northern California found them- said. brush and timber. It was just 20% selves facing a weekend of fear as The Dixie Fire, named for the contained. wildfires threatened to reduce road where it started, now spans Further northwest, some 500 thousands of homes to ashes. an area of 679 square miles and homes scattered in and around The Dixie Fire that incinerated was just 21% contained. No inju- Shasta-Trinity National Forest re- much of the gold rush-era town of ries or deaths have been report- mained threatened by the Monu- Greenville threatened more than ed. ment Fire and others by the 10,000 buildings in the northern Weather at the fire site was ex- McFarland Fire, both started by Sierra Nevada. It had engulfed an pected to have higher humidity lightning storms last week, fire area larger than the size of New and calmer winds Saturday with officials said. York City. temperatures topping 90 degrees About a two-hour drive south It was the largest current wil- Fahrenheit instead of the 40-mph from the Dixie Fire, crews had dland blaze in the nation and the gusts and triple-digit highs re- surrounded about a third of the third-largest in recorded Califor- corded earlier in the week. River Fire that broke out nia history, according to the state Still, the blaze and its neighbor- Wednesday near the town of Col- Department of Fire and Forestry NOAH BERGER/AP ing fires, within a couple hundred fax and destroyed nearly 90 Protection. Greenville resident Kesia Studebaker, who lost her home to the Dixie miles of each other, posed an on- homes and other buildings. Evac- Wind-driven flames destroyed Fire, secures belongings before leaving a Susanville, Calif., evacuee going threat. uations for thousands of people in dozens of homes and most of shelter with her dog Logan on Friday. Heat waves and historic Nevada and Placer counties were Greenville’s downtown on drought tied to climate change lifted Friday. Three people, in- Wednesday and Thursday, and But when the small town on the That was two days ago. Since have made wildfires harder to cluding a firefighter, were in- also heavily damaged Canyon- northwest shore of Lake Almanor then, Mays has been living in the fight in the American West. Sci- jured, authorities said. dam, a hamlet with a population lost power, Mays decided it was parking lot of Lassen College in entists say climate change has Dale Huber walked into the fire of about three dozen people. The time for her to leave. Susanville. Her husband stayed made the region much warmer zone Friday to check on his broth- fire reached Chester but crews She ran home to grab a box of behind to maintain some water and drier in the past 30 years and er’s home, which was reduced to managed to protect homes and valuables, including her hus- tanks firefighters were using. It’s will continue to make weather rubble. businesses there, officials said. band’s class ring and some jew- just her, a miniature pinscher chi- more extreme and wildfires more “It used to be a bunch of cool Charlene Mays kept her gas elry. The smoke was so thick it huahua named Jedidiah and a pit frequent and destructive. stuff, and now it’s just trash,” station in Chester open as long as was hard to breathe. Chunks of bull named Bear. Near Klamath National Forest, Huber said. “You can’t fix it. We she could, telling weary firefight- ash broke apart as they hit the Her home was still standing on firefighters kept an eye on small can tear it out and start over again ers not to apologize for the trail of ground, making a sound like bro- Friday but her fate was bound communities that were ordered or run away. I think he’s decided ash their boots left on the floor. ken glass. with the direction of the wind. evacuated in the path of the Ante- he wants to rebuild here.” Colorado mudslides wreak havoc on transportation Associated Press struction in recent years in Cali- DENVER — As ominous storm fornia and other parts of the U.S. clouds gathered in western Col- West. orado over a large area blackened Those who live and work in the by a recent wildfire, torrential Glenwood Canyon area have been rain fell and the charred land adjusting to the inconveniences of stripped of vegetation gave way, closures for years, but mudslides sending a rush of mud and boul- have become more frequent and ders tumbling down steep canyon intense since the Grizzly Creek walls and onto a major highway. Fire scorched about 50 square The July 29 mudslides stranded miles last summer. more than 100 people in their vehi- Transportation officials have cles overnight and caused exten- closed a 46-mile stretch of the in- sive damage that closed Interstate terstate and are telling motorists 70, capping several weeks of peril- traveling between Denver and ous conditions in a scenic canyon Glenwood Springs, on the west carved through the mountains by end of the canyon, to take another the Colorado River. route that adds about 250 miles to It marked the latest in a string of the trip. Meanwhile, long-haul closures over the past two years truckers have been advised to de- for an area that also serves as a tour north onto Interstate 80 key transportation corridor be- through Wyoming until the ca- tween the Rocky Mountains and nyon is reopened, which could the West Coast. Each forced long take weeks. detours for semitrailers that deliv- On average, thousands of com- er fuel and food, and inflicted eco- mercial vehicles travel daily on RJ SANGOSTI/AP nomic pain on businesses that cat- the interstate through the canyon, Chuck Decker, of the Colorado Department of Transportation, checks out the damage on I­70 in er to tourists in the popular sum- according to state transportation Glenwood Canyon after the interstate closed due to recent mudslides Thursday in Glenwood, Colo. mer destination of Glenwood officials. Springs. Much of the fuel, food and other truckers can’t make the round trip drivers and more trucks,” said that has to be passed on at some The closures illustrate the kind products that are distributed in without running afoul of federal Fulton, who warned that the de- point,” he said. of damage scientists have long the western part of the state come limits on how long they can be be- lays could lead to gas and food The mudslides also have signif- warned can follow wildfires made from Denver via I-70, and the de- hind the wheel. shortages, late deliveries and icantly impacted tourism in Glen- worse by climate change: danger- tours are adding several hours to “This is a ripple effect because higher prices. wood Springs, which typically at- ous mudslides caused by rain in each trip, said Greg Fulton, presi- we’re not getting the truck back “When we’re bearing additional tracts thousands of visitors this burn-scarred terrain. Though no dent and CEO of the Colorado Mo- until the next day. ... It takes it out mileage and we’re having addi- time of year for its hiking, biking, injuries were reported, such tor Carriers Association. of sync in terms of those drivers, tional time, and then even possibly fishing and other outdoor activ- slides have caused deaths and de- In some cases, that means and effectively, you need more bearing the cost of a motel room, ities. Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 NATION Infrastructure bill nears key vote in Senate Associated Press ery corner of the nation. If ap- WASHINGTON — Edging to- proved by the Senate, it would ward a vote, senators are conven- next go to the House. ing for a rare weekend session on For senators who have been the bipartisan infrastructure bill, slogging through debate — and which could wrap up swiftly with months of give-and-take negotia- passage of the $1 trillion package tions — it’s a chance not only to or drag out for days by opponents send federal funds to their states, trying to slow President Joe Bi- but also to show the country that den’s big priority. Congress can work together in a The president nudged senators bipartisan way to solve problems. SUSAN WALSH/AP along from the White House, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkow- President Joe Biden walks out of the Oval Office and heads to Marine One on the South Lawn of the Whitepraising their work so far as a po- ski said the needs back home in House in Washington on Friday as he heads to Wilmington, Del., for the weekend. tentially “historic investment” — Alaska are obvious — including on par with the building of the money for water systems in re- transcontinental railroad or inter- mote villages without running state highway system — that will taps for handwashing during the ‘Always working’: Biden eyes bring jobs and modernization to COVID-19 pandemic. But as one millions of Americans. of the negotiators, she also wants Senators appear on track to ap- to demonstrate that lawmakers 1st summer getaway in office prove the bill, despite days of fits can reach across the aisle to gov- and starts. ern. Associated Press The modern president is never future plans. “It’s a bill that would end years “I’m really worried that every- WILMINGTON, Del. — After completely free from work, teth- Biden and his aides also are likely of gridlock in Washington and cre- body believes that we’re as dys- more than six months of work com- ered by secure telephone lines and to discuss a range of issues, includ- ate millions of good-paying jobs, functional as we appear to be, and bating the coronavirus, negotiating other technology with a coterie of ing getting the $1 trillion infrastruc- put America on a new path to win so to prove otherwise, it’s kind of a bipartisan infrastructure bill and top aides and advisers always close ture bill through the Senate, strate- the race for the economy in the important,” she said. “The Senate repairing the U.S. image abroad, by. gizing next steps to counter surging 21st century,” Biden said Friday. needs some demonstrated acts of President Joe Biden should be Like his predecessors, Biden coronavirus infections and eyeing Saturday’s session was to bipartisanship.” heading out on vacation and a tradi- travels with a large entourage of the Aug. 31 deadline for the U.S. launch with a crucial 60-vote hur- The weekend action comes as tional August break from Washing- aides, Secret Service agents and pullout from Afghanistan. dle at midday that would deter- Congress is under pressure to ton. journalists in an unmistakable mo- “I would say a vacation for a pres- mine if the bipartisan alliance be- make gains on the president’s in- But with legislative work on the torcade of more than a dozen dark ident really means working two- tween Republicans and Demo- frastructure priorities — first with infrastructure bill keeping the Sen- vehicles. thirds of a day as opposed to what crats holds on the public works the bipartisan bill that’s on track ate in session for a second straight While the work is 24/7, presi- they might do in Washington, giv- package. Ten Republicans would for passage as soon as this week- weekend, and likely through next dents can — and very often do — ing themselves a little bit more be needed to join all Democrats to end, and quickly followed by week, Biden hasn’t gone far — just change their surroundings when time, perhaps for a round of golf in advance it past a filibuster; more Democrats’ more sweeping $3.5 home to Wilmington, Del., as he has the August heat and humidity rise the afternoon or for lounging on a votes would follow. trillion budget blueprint they plan done most weekends since taking and Washington empties out. beach for a few hours,” said Jeffrey Senate Republican leader to shoulder on their own. office. George W. Bush often spent Au- Engel, director of the Center for Mitch McConnell has so far al- If senators wrap up work on the “Every president is always work- gust clearing brush in the 100-de- Presidential History at Southern lowed the bill to progress, and his bipartisan bill, they immediately ing no matter where they are,” gree heat that baked his central Methodist University. vote will be one to watch. Senate will turn to the much more parti- White House press secretary Jen Texas ranch. Barack Obama “But a president’s never off du- Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, san undertaking on Biden’s agen- Psaki said, explaining that presi- worked on his golf game on the ty,” Engel added. Bush, for exam- D-N.Y., has vowed to keep sen- da, the outline for the $3.5 trillion dents can’t ever really tune out. Massachusetts island of Martha’s ple, would “sort of symbolize the ators in session until they finish. proposal. That plan would unleash Biden will spend some of next Vineyard. Donald Trump spent vacation by having his regular Called the Infrastructure In- billions on what the White House week at the White House before he time at his home on his private golf morning security briefing at 8 a.m. vestment and Jobs Act, the thick calls human infrastructure — decamps again, either for Dela- club in central New Jersey. instead of at 7 a.m.” bill is a first part of Biden’s infras- child care support, home health ware — he owns homes in Wilming- Even when on a so-called vaca- During weekends at home in Wil- tructure agenda. It would inject care, education and other expen- ton and Rehoboth Beach — or tion, presidents are still receiving mington, Biden has ventured out to $550 billion of new spending over ditures that are Democratic prior- Camp David, the official presiden- briefings on national security, the play golf, attend Mass and head to the next five years on roads, ities that Republicans have tial retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin economy and other issues, attend- his sister’s Pennsylvania home for bridges, waterworks, broadband pledged to reject. Debate on that Mountains, Psaki said. ing to matters of state and mapping family dinner. and other projects to virtually ev- will extend into the fall. Pair of Capitol rioters are 1st to enter guilty pleas to assaulting police

Associated Press which Capitol rioters are charged range from about 3½ to 4¼ years Devlyn Thompson’s plea deal rec- Thompson to be jailed in Seattle. A New Jersey gym owner and a with attacking police as part of an in prison. But the judge isn’t ommend a slightly higher sen- Thompson had been free since his Washington state man on Friday effort to halt the certification of bound by that recommendation tence than Fairlamb, ranging participation in the Capitol riot. became the first people charged in President Joe Biden’s election vic- when he sentences Fairlamb, a 44- from less than four years to 4¾ The pleas come less than two the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to tory. Both defendants face more year-old former mixed martial years in prison. After Fairlamb’s weeks after a group of police offi- plead guilty to assaulting a law en- than three years in prison if a arts fighter who owned Fairlamb hearing, Thompson, 28, of Puyal- cers testified at a congressional forcement officer during the judge adheres to estimated sen- Fit gym in Pompton Lakes, N.J. lup, Wash., pleaded guilty to as- hearing about their harrowing deadly siege. tencing guidelines spelled out in Fairlamb’s lawyer and prosecu- saulting a police officer with a confrontations with the mob of in- The pair of plea deals with fed- the plea agreements. tors can seek a sentence above or dangerous weapon, a baton. surrectionists. Five officers who eral prosecutors could be a bench- The estimated sentencing gui- below those guidelines. The same judge who accepted were at the Capitol that day have mark for dozens of other cases in delines for Scott Kevin Fairlamb The sentencing guidelines in Fairlamb’s guilty plea ordered died, four of them by suicide. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 NATION Pause on student loan payments extended Associated Press In announcing the decision, nomic recovery.” hind on payments could have wag- vides relief to millions of borrow- The Biden administration on President Joe Biden said the econ- The policy applies to more than es and benefits taken away as part ers facing a “disastrous financial Friday issued what it says will be omy is recovering “at a record 36 million Americans who have of debt collection efforts. cliff.” the final extension to a student loan rate.” But he said the road to recov- student loans that are held by the Several Democrats, including “The payment pause has saved moratorium that has allowed mil- ery will be longer for some Amer- federal government. Their collec- Senate Majority Leader Chuck the average borrower hundreds of lions of Americans to put off debt icans, especially those with student tive debt totals more than $1.3 tril- Schumer, N.Y., and Sen. Elizabeth dollars per month, allowing them payments during the pandemic. loans. lion, according to the latest Educa- Warren, Mass., urged Biden to ex- to invest in their futures and sup- Under the action, payments on “This will give the Department tion Department data. tend the moratorium through at port their families’ needs,” the federal student loans will remain of Education and borrowers more Questions about the moratorium least March 2022. In a June letter, Democrats said. paused through Jan. 31, 2022. In- time and more certainty as they had been swirling in recent weeks they said restarting payments now The Trump administration ini- terest rates will remain at 0% dur- prepare to restart student loan pay- as its expiration date approached. would “drag down the pace of our tially suspended federal student ing that period, and debt collection ments,” Biden said in a statement. Even as the economy improves, economic recovery.” loan payments in March 2020 and efforts will be suspended. Those “It will also ensure a smoother there have been concerns that bor- Schumer, Warren and Rep. later extended it through January measures have been in place since transition that minimizes loan de- rowers are not ready to start pay- Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., ap- 2021. Biden moved to continue it early in the pandemic but were set faults and delinquencies that hurt ments again. Once the moratorium plauded the extension in a joint through Sept. 30 soon after taking to expire Sept. 30. families and undermine our eco- ends, those who were already be- statement Friday, saying it pro- office. Hochul moves into spotlight as scandal roils Cuomo’s reign

Associated Press behavior “repulsive and unlaw- BUFFALO, N.Y. — As New ful” in a statement Tuesday. York’s lieutenant governor, She also acknowledged what Kathy Hochul has spent years on has been simmering for months: the road as the friendly face of the The possibility she will become administration, visiting the far- governor. flung coffee shops and factory “Because lieutenant governors floors of each of the state’s 62 stand next in the line of succes- counties for countless ribbon-cut- sion, it would not be appropriate ting ceremonies and civic cheer- to comment further on the proc- leading events. ess at this moment,” she wrote. Now, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo To many New Yorkers, Hochul facing possible impeachment is an unknown quantity, serving over sexual harassment allega- since 2015 in a job that is mostly tions, her next stop may be the ceremonial. A typical afternoon in state Capitol of Albany. late July had her announcing job WILL WALDRON/AP Hochul would become the training funding in Utica, discuss- Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, center, joins advocates for paid family and medical leave for all working people state’s first woman governor if ing manufacturing in Rome and during a stop on the Paid Leave for All's national bus tour on Tuesday in Albany N.Y. Cuomo were removed from of- touring downtown Cazenovia with fice. the small town’s mayor. in the investigative report, re- western New York district after a Hochul’s office declined an in- A centrist Democrat from west- That has been nothing like the leased by Attorney General Let- surprising 2011 win in a special terview request. ern New York, she has worked attention-demanding appearanc- itia James, that detailed not only election to fill a vacancy in the Hochul has not publicly ex- deep in Cuomo’s shadow for her es of the determinedly high-pro- the harassment allegations U.S. House. pressed whether she would pur- two terms in office, but this week file Cuomo, who does most of his against Cuomo but also efforts by “Pragmatic would be a good sue a full term in 2022 if she were joined the chorus of politicians business in Albany and New York his staff to discredit some of his way to describe her,” said Jacob to step into the role. denouncing the governor after an City and whose daily coronavirus accusers. Neiheisel, an associate political An upstate candidate running independent investigation con- briefings were national events at But at 62, Hochul is an experi- science professor at the Universi- for any statewide office in New cluded he had sexually harassed the height of the coronavirus. enced politician, a veteran of 11 ty at Buffalo. “Someone who is York faces a daunting challenge, 11 women while in office. Hochul has not been part of Cu- campaigns that have taken her pretty good at reading the tea but even more so for the gover- “I believe these brave women,” omo’s inner circle of aides and al- from town board to Congress, the leaves and coming around to nor’s office, which has historically Hochul wrote, calling Cuomo’s lies. Her name wasn’t mentioned latter representing a conservative where her constituency is.” drawn from New York City. 2 people charged in plot to harm or kill Myanmar ambassador to UN

Associated Press According to court documents the General Assembly in late Feb- to be carried out in Westchester the ambassador’s tires to cause an WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Two in White Plains federal court, a ruary, Tun called for “the stron- County, where the ambassador accident, the complaint said. It Myanmar citizens were arrested Thailand arms dealer who sells gest possible action from the inter- lives, according to two criminal said Htut received $4,000 in pay- on charges alleging that they con- weapons to the Myanmar military national community” to restore complaints. ments to carry out the attack and spired to oust Myanmar’s ambas- hired the pair to hurt the ambassa- democracy. Htut last month was contacted was to be paid another $1,000 once sador to the United Nations, who dor to try to force him to step Myanmar’s military has tried to by the arms dealer, who wanted to it was finished. opposes the military junta that down. If that didn’t work, the am- remove Tun from his post, but the pay several thousand dollars for In a complaint against Zaw, au- seized power earlier this year, by bassador was to be killed, author- 193-member General Assembly is Htut to carry out the attack, the thorities said Zaw admitted after injuring — or even killing — him. ities said. responsible for accrediting diplo- complaints said. Htut received a his arrest that he sent the $4,000 to Phyo Hein Htut and Ye Hein Myanmar’s military overthrew mats and has not taken action at $2,000 advance on July 23, it add- Htut. Zaw plotted to seriously injure or the country’s civilian government the military’s urging. ed. Htut, 28, and Zaw, 20, are each kill Myanmar’s ambassador in an in February. Myanmar’s current- There was no immediate re- After the FBI learned of the plot charged with conspiracy to as- attack that was to take place on ly recognized U.N. ambassador, sponse to a phone call and email to on Tuesday, it arranged to inter- sault and make a violent attack up- American soil, U.S. Attorney Au- Kyaw Moe Tun, staunchly op- Myanmar’s U.N. Mission seeking view Htut on Wednesday, when on a foreign official, which carries drey Strauss said in a release Fri- posed the ouster of civilian leader comment. Htut described the plan, which in- a maximum sentence upon con- day. Aung San Suu Kyi. In a speech to The plot to maim or kill Tun was cluded initially tampering with viction of five years in prison. Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 SCIENCE Apply now to pretend to live on Mars NASA looks for 4 people to spend year together at Mars Dune Alpha

BY SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press “We are looking Want to find your inner Matt Damon and spend a year pretend- at Mars realistic ing you are isolated on Mars? NA- SA has a job for you. situations.” To prepare for eventually send- ing astronauts to Mars, NASA be- Grace Douglas gan taking applications Friday for lead scientist four people to live for a year in Mars Dune Alpha. That’s a 1,700- That shows NASA is looking for square-foot Martian habitat, cre- people who are close to astro- ated by a 3D-printer, and inside a nauts, said former Canadian as- building at Johnson Space Center tronaut Chris Hadfield. in Houston. And, he said. that’s a good thing The paid volunteers will work a because it is a better experiment if simulated Martian exploration the participants are more similar mission complete with space- to the people who will really go to walks, limited communications Mars. back home, restricted food and re- Past Russian efforts at a pre- sources and equipment failures. tend Mars mission called Mars NASA is planning three of these 500 didn’t end well partly because experiments with the first one the people were too much like ev- starting in the fall next year. Food eryday people, he said. will all be ready-to-eat space food For the right person this could and at the moment there are no be great, said Hadfield, who spent windows planned. five months in orbit in 2013 at the Some plants will be grown, but International Space Station, not potatoes like in the movie “The where he played guitar and sang a Martian.” Damon played strand- cover video of David Bowie’s ed astronaut Mark Watney, who “Space Oddity.” survived on spuds. “Just think how much you’re go- “We want to understand how ing to be able to catch up on Net- PHOTOS BY ICON/NASA/AP humans perform in them,” said flix,” he said. “If they have a musi- Mars Dune Alpha is a 1,700­square­foot Martian habitat being made by a 3D­printer. It is inside a building lead scientist Grace Douglas. “We cal instrument there, you could go at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The crew will work a simulated exploration mission complete with are looking at Mars realistic situa- into there knowing nothing and spacewalks, limited communications back home, restricted food and resources and equipment failures. tions.” come out a concert musician, if The application process opened you want.” Friday and they’re not seeking There could be “incredible free- just anybody. dom” in a “year away from the de- The requirements are strict, in- mands of your normal life.” cluding a master’s degree in a sci- Attitude is key, said Hadfield, ence, engineering or math field or who has a novel “The Apollo Mur- pilot experience. ders” coming out in the fall. Only American citizens or per- He said the participants need to manent U.S. residents are eligible. be like Damon’s Watney charac- Applicants have to be between 30 ter: and 55, in good physical health “Super competent, resourceful with no dietary issues and not and not relying on other people to prone to motion sickness. feel comfortable.” A NASA photo shows a proposal for the Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Mars. Warm waters further threaten depleted Maine shrimp fishery BY PATRICK WHITTLE signs that suggest reopening the “recent environmental conditions New England fishermen often Associated Press fishery is a good idea, said Dustin continue to be unfavorable” for caught millions of pounds of the PORTLAND, Maine — Maine's Colson Leaning, a fishery man- the species. fish every winter. long-shuttered shrimp fishing agement plan coordinator for the New data about the shrimp will The catch exceeded 10 million business has a chance to reopen in Atlantic States Marine Fisheries become available this year, but it pounds in several years in the the coming winter, but the warm- Commission, which regulates the will be limited because a lot of sci- 1990s and topped that total as re- ing of the ocean threatens to keep business. entific surveys were canceled by cently as 2011 before a collapse in the industry shut down. “Looking at recent data hasn't the coronavirus pandemic, Colson 2013. Maine shrimp were once a win- been very encouraging, and as you said. Maine's fishing industry could ter delicacy, but the fishery has know, the ocean temperature isn't The shrimp are small, pink use them back, said Lester Du- been shut down since 2013. Scien- ROBERT F. BUKATY/AP cooling,” Leaning said. “On the shrimp that are also fished by rant, manager of Cundy's Harbor tists have said environmental con- Northern shrimp are the target of environmental side, it doesn't Canadian fishermen, though the Wharf in Harpswell, where many ditions in the warming Gulf of Maine shrimp fishermen who are seem to be encouraging.” Canadian product can be chal- shrimpers used to bring their Maine are inhospitable for the now sidelined by a moratorium. A 2019 report from the Atlantic lenging to find for U.S. consumers catch to land. cold water-loving shrimp. States commission found that the compared to the more ubiquitous “It was a great fishery, a nice An interstate regulatory board moratorium on the shrimp fishery shrimp were depleted, the num- farmed and Gulf of Mexico product,” Durant said. “We is scheduled to make a decision that is slated to end this year. Sci- ber of shrimp that were able to shrimp that stock supermarket bought a lot of shrimp there years this fall about whether to extend a entists have not seen a lot of good spawn was “extremely low,” and freezers. ago.” PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 WORLD Protesters, Thai police clash over COVID response Associated Press slow vaccination program. BANGKOK — Thai riot police Thailand reported a new high of on Saturday fired water cannons, 21,838 confirmed cases on Satur- tear gas and rubber bullets to repel day, with 212 more deaths. Bang- a crowd of several hundred young kok and surrounding provinces anti-government protesters who have been under lockdown, in- marched on an army base where cluding overnight curfew, for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- weeks. ocha has his residence to demand According to the city’s Erawan his resignation. Medical Center emergency ser- The demonstrators threw rocks, vices, five people were hospital- bottles, fireworks and fired sling- ized, including three police offi- shots during the hourslong con- cers. The march was called off in frontation in the Din Daeng area of the early evening but disturbances Bangkok, which was obscured by continued, with protesters battling swirling smoke. the police and hurling objects. ANUTHEP CHEYSAKRON/AP The rally was led by the Free The protesters are also calling Riot police launch tear gas at anti­government protesters during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday. Youth, a student protest group that for part of the budget for the mon- Protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan­ocha and for part of the budget for drew tens of thousands to its pro- archy and the military to be redi- the monarchy and the military to be redirected into the fight against the coronavirus. tests last year. It’s demanding rected into the COVID-19 fight. Prayuth’s resignation over his Saturday’s protest was original- mer general who originally took precedented public calls for the have returned in recent weeks, handling of the coronavirus crisis, ly planned in an area near the power in a 2014 coup — continues reform of the powerful monarchy fueled by the growing discontent which has seen the number of Grand Palace in the old part of the to live. to make it more accountable. over the government’s response to cases spiraling and the health care capital but switched to the com- The protest movement began After going dormant due to the health crisis and its massive system stretched to the limit. pound of the 1st Infantry Re- last year with demands for sweep- prosecutions, internal disagree- impact on the economy, which is Prayuth has been criticized for a giment, where Prayuth — a for- ing political change, including un- ments and the pandemic, protests reliant on tourism. Man arrested after stabbing 10 on Tokyo train Israeli military BY MARI YAMAGUCHI strikes Hamas Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese police said Saturday after launch of they arrested a man who stabbed 10 passen- gers on a commuter train in Tokyo hours earli- 4 fire balloons er, in what Japanese media reported to be a random burst of violence unrelated to the Associated Press Olympic Games. RAMALLAH, West Bank — Is- The 36-year-old man told police he wanted to raeli warplanes struck two targets kill women who appeared happy, and chose his in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, targets at random, public broadcaster NHK the Israeli military said, in re- said. sponse to incendiary balloons The initial victim, a woman in her 20s, was in launched from Gaza into Israel. serious condition, according to NHK and other The Israeli military struck what Japanese media. Police identified the attacker it said was a Hamas military com- as Yusuke Tsushima. pound and a rocket launching site The Tokyo Fire Department said nine of the after four incendiary balloons 10 injured passengers were taken to nearby were launched into Israel, setting hospitals, while the 10th was able to walk away. fire to land and damaging agricul- All of the injured were conscious, fire depart- ture. There were no reports of ca- ment officials said. sualties in Israel or Gaza. There The site of the stabbing spree was about 9 was no immediate comment from miles away from the main National Stadium. Hamas. The man dropped his knife after the handle Israeli media reported that four broke and fled, and later walked into a conve- fires caused by the incendiary bal- nience store and identified himself as the sus- loons broke out Friday afternoon in pect on the news, and said he was tired of run- KYODO NEWS/AP areas close to the Gaza Strip. ning away, according to Japanese media. The Rescuers carry an injured passenger on a stretcher at Soshigaya Okura Station after a The launch of the balloons comes store manager called police after seeing blood- stabbing on a commuter train, in Tokyo, Friday. over two months after an 11-day stains on the man’s shirt. war between Israel and Hamas, TBS television said Tsushima told police he an. In one car, he poured cooking oil on the carry out attacks on the train, TBS reported. the fourth since the militant group developed the intent to kill women who floor and tried to set it on fire, Kyodo News While shooting deaths are rare in Japan, the seized power in Gaza in 2007. “looked happy,” and stabbed a woman who agency reported, quoting police. He intention- country has had a series of high-profile killings Israel has done little to ease a happened to be seated near him in the carriage. ally chose an express train that makes fewer with knives in recent years. crippling blockade on the territory He also told police that he chose to stage the stops, having passengers stay on board longer, In 2019, a man carrying two knives attacked since the fighting ended and Ha- attack inside a train because it offered the the report said. a group of schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just mas appears to be using incendiary chance to kill a large number of people. The man also told police he initially planned outside Tokyo, killing two people and injuring balloons as a pressure tactic. Is- The suspect, who boarded the train with the to attack a female shop employee who reported 17 before killing himself. In 2018, a man killed a rael’s new prime minister, Naftali knife, scissors, cooking oil and a lighter, moved him shoplifting to police earlier in the day, but passenger and injuredtwo others in a knife at- Bennet, has compared the balloon to other carriages after stabbing the first wom- realizing it was past closing time, he decided to tack on a bullet train. launches to rocket fire. Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Prosecutors: Suspect lived with dead girlfriend CLINTON TOWNSHIP MI — A 37-year-old subur- ban Detroit man who lived with his girlfriend’s mutilated corpse for more than seven months was charged in her slaying, prosecu- tors said. Matthew Lewinski was jailed on charges including first-degree murder, disinterment and mutila- tion of a body, and concealing the death of an individual, the Ma- comb County prosecutor’s office said in a news release. The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens identified the victim as Jerri Winters. The woman’s body was discov- ered in the basement of the home in Clinton Township. Prosecutors said she was killed at the house in December. The prosecutor’s office also said large portions of flesh appeared to have been removed from her back, but did not elaborate. Man sentenced in fake autograph scheme BIRMINGHAM — A AL Georgia man who creat- ed websites to sell memorabilia bearing fake autographs was sen- tenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to fed- JACQUELINE DORMER, REPUBLICAN­HERALD (POTTSVILLE, PA.)/AP eral charges in Alabama, prosecu- tors said. Douglas Duren, 38, of Atlanta Little piggy heads to the market pleaded guilty to fraud and identi- Madalyn Gruber, Schuylkill Stampede 4­H Livestock Club, shows her Grand Champion Market Hog, during the 4­H and FFA Livestock Sale in ty theft and was sentenced to 40 the Richard Kreager Memorial Arena at the Schuylkill County Fair in Summit Station, Pa. months in prison. For nine years ending in 2019, grams in Maryland and Pennsyl- THE CENSUS The agency announced that the Duren sold counterfeit items and vania was charged with child sex- crew of the Cutter James offload- memorabilia with fake auto- ual assault. The approximate amount in dollars of unclaimed tax refunds ed about 59,700 pounds of cocaine graphs on a trio of websites, prose- The Carroll County Sheriff’s Of- 10M according to Louisiana’s revenue department. The agency and approximately 1,430 pounds cutors said. He would get retail fice announced the arrest of Mi- said thousands of taxpayers have until Sept. 15 to claim more than $10 million of marijuana. sports equipment, movie posters, chael Bonczewski, 38, for abuse in income tax refunds, or the money will be turned over to the state’s unclaimed Coast Guard officials said it was books and photos and then forge they said happened a decade ago, property program. The agency said in a statement that it sent letters to 12,818 the largest offload in the vessel’s the autographs of famous people, news outlets report. people and businesses that have refunds available but didn’t cash their refund history. a statement said. In January, a man reported that checks sent from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020. he had been the victim of sexual 12-year-old girl injured in After flight cut, woman abuse that occurred 150 to 200 swell. has been found a month after it suspected shark attack bought $1M lottery ticket times from 2010 to 2012, according It featured images of Black girls went missing. to charging documents. wearing crowns alongside mess- The snake’s owner contacted OCEAN CITY — A TALLAHASSEE — The sheriff’s office said Bonc- ages like, “Your silence will not police and said the 8-foot-long rep- MD 12-year-old Pennsyl- FL Having just had her zewski was involved with a num- protect you,” and, “What else is tile was found near a deep freezer vania girl suffered injuries after a flight canceled, a Missouri wom- ber of youth organizations in Balti- possible?” Painted in-between the in his home, KSL TV reported. suspected shark attack in Mary- an’s luck quickly changed when more and Carroll counties in Ma- girls is two multi-racial hands The owner told officers he be- land that left her with 42 stitches she won $1 million from a Florida ryland and York County, Pennsyl- clasped together, under a sun, lieved the snake may have been for 20 cuts, family members said. Lottery scratch-off ticket. vania, and detectives are building, and a gathering of peo- there for a while, according to Jordan Prushinski and her fam- Angela Caravella, 51, of Kansas concerned there may be more vic- ple holding signs that read Tooele Police Detective Colbey ily told WBRE-TV that they were City, Mo., claimed a $1 million top tims. “BLM,” and, “LGBTQ+,” among Bentley. on vacation at the beach in Ocean prize from The Fastest Road to other phrases. The snake was reported missing City when Jordan went into knee- $1,000,000 scratch-off game, ac- Administrators remove District Superintendent Anita on July 2 after it was accidentally deep water. She was swimming cording to a Florida Lottery news students’ diversity mural Skop, and other school adminis- freed from its container in Tooele, with her family when she limped release. She chose to receive her trators, objected to parts of the about 35 miles southwest of Salt out of the water bleeding from the winnings as a one-time, lump-sum NEW YORK — A mural, and had it taken down five Lake City. leg. payment of $790,000. NY Brooklyn school ad- days after it went up. Animal control officers were “I didn’t really realize what was “I had a feeling something bi- ministration’s decision to remove In texts and emails obtained by called to the home after contrac- going on until I was on the beach zarre was going to happen after a mural that a group of sixth-grad- the newspaper, Skop said the art tors who were removing old win- and I was bleeding everywhere,” my flight was canceled unexpect- ers had painted at their school to work was not “welcoming” or “in- dows in the home knocked over Jordan told the station. edly,” Caravella said. “I bought a capture its diversity has faced clusive” enough. the reptile’s container. Her mother, Melissa Prushin- few scratch-off tickets to pass the criticism from parents and is be- She said the students will be in- ski, said other beachgoers, includ- time and just like that — I won $1 ing investigated by the city De- cluded in the process of designing Coast Guard offloads ing an EMT and a nurse, helped million!” partment of Education. a new mural. $1.4B in drugs at port give Jordan first aid. The administration at Park “We still don’t know what kind Youth coach charged Slope Public School 295 deemed Boa constrictor found FORT LAUDERDALE of shark it was. The ER doctor con- with child sexual abuse the mural to be too divisive, the after accidentally freed FL — The United States firmed it was a shark bite because New York Daily News reported. Coast Guard offloaded drugs no other animal makes this type of WESTMINSTER — The artwork was a collaboration TOOELE — A boa con- worth more than $1.4 billion at bite,” Jordan’s mother said. MD A youth sports coach between the school and the com- UT strictor accidentally Port Everglades in Fort Lauder- who has worked at multiple pro- munity art organization Ground- freed from its container in Utah dale. From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 MUSIC

FINDING HER FUTURE

Billie Eilish on surviving teen fame and trauma, and how she finally stopped reading the comments

BY AMY KAUFMAN Los Angeles Times illie Eilish is crying on the cover of her new album. The lone teardrop isn’t obvious at first, shiny enough that it could just be part of her glittery makeup. Her eyes are Bblue and empty, staring vacantly into the distance. “Happier Than Ever,” read the words above her face. Is this what fame has done to Eilish? Taken the air out of the lungs of the wunderkind from the Highland Park neighborhood in Los Angeles? Stripped her of her Rainbow Brite hair colors and oversize tees and turned her into a blond pin-up? Not entirely. But it’s complicated. There was a moment not too long ago, admits the 19-year-old, when she was truly miserable.

After her debut single, “Ocean Eyes,” became album, “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We a viral hit on SoundCloud in 2015, she signed Go?” She grew depressed, and her body didn’t with Darkroom Records and landed a deal with react well to the stress; she was constantly com- Interscope. But she felt ill-equipped to deal with ing down with laryngitis or developing fevers. the sudden onslaught of attention. Which isn’t And she was surrounded by adults. The only surprising, because the music industry didn’t people her age were in the audience, which had see her coming either — a teenager with such a become both physically and emotionally un- distinctive look and sound that mass appeal was touchable. in no way inevitable. So how did she end up at this industrial com- “I hated going outside. I hated going to events. pound in the San Fernando Valley, readying for I hated being recognized. I hated the internet the July 30 release of her sophomore effort? having a bunch of eyes on me. I just wanted to be “Honestly, it took growing up a little bit. Liter- doing teenager s—,” says Eilish, who was 16 Disney+ when she toured her four-times platinum debut SEE FUTURE ON PAGE 13 Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 MUSIC Future: Eilish found inspiration in a singer from another era

FROM PAGE 12 couch. It was raining outside, so ally, physically growing up — she lit some candles and put on a like, the actual chemicals in my REVIEW fire. She started playing Julie brain shifting,” she says, sitting London and was suddenly over- opposite a couch filled with vita- come by bliss. mins and wellness supplements. Eilish remains brilliant on follow-up “I thought: ‘This is what I think Her brother, Finneas O’Connell I want my album to feel like: — who has served as her sole BY MARK KENNEDY internal and angsty, “Happier Julie London,’” she remembers. musical collaborator since she Associated Press Than Ever” is fuller and gran- “Not the songs, but the feeling — began writing music — has a Billie Eilish seems to be in a der, the songs stronger in their longing, kind of dreamy and cold, and everyone on Eilish’s good place on her sophomore construction, crisper. curious.” team is worried about her catch- album. “I’m happier than ev- The brother and sister have Best known for her recording ing it. Her mother, Maggie Baird, er,” she sings on the first song. an ability to take a spare noodle of the torch song “Cry Me a Riv- hands her an immunity shot. But there’s a tear running of a sound and build a sturdy er,” London was a stylish, sultry- “Oh, I don’t need all that!” down her cheek on the cover. song around it, with Eilish voiced singer of jazz and pop Eilish groans, downing it be- Before the collection is done, Billie Eilish wrapping her expressive and ballads in the 1950s and ’60s. She grudgingly. she returns to the phrase “I’m whispery-lush vocals. often sported pin curls and chan- “Just in case,” urges mom. happier than ever” but qual- Happier Than Ever Her spoken word “Not My sonette bras, a look that served as Baird and husband Patrick ifies it with “When I’m away (Darkroom/Interscope Records) Responsibility” is important inspiration for a buxom pin-up O’Connell — with whom Eilish from you.” So it’s complicated. and powerful. “Would you like character featured throughout lived in her northeast LA child- Few people do complicated “plastic” bodies. me to be quiet?” she asks and Eilish’s new merch. hood home until roughly a year like Eilish, and “Happier Than Eilish also reaches up to the answer is always no, no, no. “It’s like me, if I was what I ago — then leave their daughter Ever” is a fascinating look at a expose unequal power struc- She even targets mortality wish I was,” Eilish says, pointing alone for the interview. But the messy, famous pop star’s life, tures, often returning to the itself in “Everybody Dies.” to the drawing on a button she’s singer’s publicist remains within as diaristic as Taylor Swift but theme of innocence polluted. The new album isn’t all seri- pinned to her shirt. “I want to be earshot directly outside the more self-critical and emotion- On the hypnotic “GOLDWING” ous. There are terrific kiss-off that girl. Are you kidding me? I room, and when Eilish asks if she ally candid. It’s a superb al- she warns a novice: “You’re songs (“I Didn’t Change My would love to be a hot girl.” can close the door, she’s denied. bum, ambitious and mature — sacred and they’re starved / Number,” “Therefore I Am,” Eilish talks about sex on “Hap- Even though she’s technically a young woman pulling the fire And their art is gettin’ dark / “Lost Cause” and the slow- pier Than Ever.” She references an adult, Eilish is still figuring alarm while we all stare at the And there you are to tear building “Happier Than Ever”) watching pornography and send- out who she wants to be as a flames. apart.” and one where she’s hopelessly ing a racy image to a man’s grown-up. Between 17 and 19, The 16-track album that Those same evil forces are at in love (“Halley’s Comet”). phone. Some fans believe that she played Coachella, won seven clocks in at just under an hour play on the album’s triumph — Eilish and Finneas even play “Your Power” — a single from Grammy Awards — in 2019, kicks off with “Getting Older” the acoustic guitar-driven with bossa nova in one terrific the album about an older man becoming the youngest person and a 19-year-old prodigy’s “Your Power,” pleading with a slinky tune. exploiting an underage woman — ever to sweep the prizes for best cutting, clear-eyed observation mentor abusing his power over But Eilish is best in the shad- is about her ex-boyfriend, Bran- new artist and record, song and that “Things I once enjoyed / someone in his thrall. “Will you ows, exploring our messiest don Quention Adams. Adams — a album of the year — wrote the Just keep me employed now.” only feel bad if it turns out / impulses. “Oxytocin” starts off rapper who goes by 7:AMP — theme song for a James Bond Using that as a launching That they kill your contract?” as a sexy come-on, appropriate was featured in the doc about film and released an Apple TV+ pad, Eilish goes on to explore she taunts. for a song named after a hor- Eilish that came out last year. In documentary about her life. So fame and its dark sides. On So much for living happily mone that controls reproduc- the film, he blows off her Coa- when the COVID-19 pandemic “NDA,” she acknowledges a ever after. Seven Grammy tion. But it brilliantly shifts, chella set and has to go to the hit, she finally had an opportuni- real-life stalker (“Had to save Awards haven’t changed her or turning lust into something emergency room after punching ty to pause and “do the self-re- my money for security”) and her co-writer and producer, darker: “’Cause as long as a wall. flection I’ve never had the time on “OverHeated,” an encoun- Finneas. If 2019’s “When We you’re still breathing / Don’t Eilish has not revealed who for.” Under her own roof for the ter with paparazzi leads to an All Fall Asleep, Where Do We you even think of leaving.” “Your Power” is about — or who first time, she began to think examination of surgery and Go?” was sarcastic, quirky, Hey, it’s complicated. she is singing about on any of her about what she’d been through new songs, for that matter. But “and how it affected me — how I the album contains specific allu- actually feel about it all instead published by tabloids, about revealing a screensaver with an star, anti-male gaze. Fans sions to those who have pushed of just doing it.” making boys who come to her image of herself sleeping. She’s deemed Eilish a feminist hero past her boundaries. Baird suggested to her two house sign NDAs and about her not overly self-conscious, but also because of her formless war- Finneas urged Eilish to lean kids that they use the unexpected fantasies of disappearing on a wants to be liked. (“Make me drobe; trolls became hyper- into her vulnerability. He wanted free time during the pandemic as Hawaiian island. sound good!” she kids at the end aware anytime she showcased to give her audience “something an opportunity to create new “Things I once enjoyed / Just of the interview.) her body. to empathize with and see them- music. keep me employed now,” she Eilish acknowledges that she Shortly after she turned 18, she selves in” — something less the- “My mom was, like, ‘What if voices at the outset of the al- has trouble ignoring the public’s posted a video of herself taking a atrical, without a make-believe you guys had a schedule where bum’s opening track, “Getting opinion of her. In July, she decid- shower with a bathing suit on. world. Billie came over and you worked Older.” ed to stop reading the comments “And because you could see my “I wanted this to be Billie’s three days a week?’” recalled “That line isn’t really, like, ‘Oh, on her Instagram account, where shoulders, everyone was, like, album about Billie,” he explains. Finneas, 23. “At first I was like, ‘I boohoo, I’m sad’ — it’s really just she has 87.8 million followers. ‘Oh, my God, she turned 18 and Eilish says she’s eager to get don’t think that’s needed.’ But a f—ing fact,” Eilish says. Her plan is to go on the app only she’s a slut!’” she recalls, rolling back in front of a crowd. On Sept. she said: ‘Listen. Why don’t you “Things that I enjoy can some- to post, forcing herself to exit her eyes. In May, she revealed 3, she’ll showcase all 16 tracks just try it for one week? You don’t times just turn into things that immediately after doing so. her newly blond hair on the cov- from the album in a Disney+ even have to make anything.’ feel like a burden, and it’s really “Because otherwise I will er of British Vogue, posing for concert special. She’ll embark on And within the first week, we’d weird. Like, ‘Oh, this is some- spiral out, and s—’s mean as f—,” the photo shoot in retro corsets a 53-date tour next year. She written and recorded ‘My Fu- thing I used to love and now it she says. “There are some peo- and form-fitting lingerie. She was hopes her fans will respect how ture.’” feels like a job.’ It’s not, like, ‘Oh, ple, like my brother, who can get taken aback by the reaction to much she’s been willing to share That song — the first single I hate this now.’ It’s different. It’s a text from someone he doesn’t the spread: “Oh, my God! The with them this time around — from the album, released nearly changed.” like and delete it immediately. new Billie!” she gasps in faux even if it leaves them with more a year ago — has Eilish dreamily Eilish somehow manages to He won’t even read it. I can’t do exasperation. The images we- questions than answers. fantasizing about the days ahead, talk about her disdain for fame that. If Satan himself texted me, ren’t meant to showcase a make- “Hopefully they’re grateful,” wondering who she’ll become as without sounding totally ob- I’d be, like, ‘What did he say?’” over but rather give a preview of Eilish says. “I really want to be she transitions away from girl- noxious. Probably because in Most of the negative com- the feeling she was going for with appreciated for it. Even though I hood. Lyrically, it’s lighter than a person, it’s impossible to forget ments, Eilish says, center on her “Happier Than Ever.” come off as very open and bold, I lot of the material on “Happier how young she is. She has her body. From the moment she Even after she settled on the don’t tell the internet s— about Than Ever,” a body of work that pink sneakers up on the couch became famous, she wore cloth- blond hair, she didn’t know what my actual life because I don’t offers a picture of an artist grap- and is wearing a T-shirt from her ing that purposefully hid her overall look she was going for think that anybody should, ac- pling with her place in the spot- own merchandise line. She keeps shape: long tunics, billowing with her second album. With the tually. That can make you go light. She sings about the un- flipping her iPhone in her hand, pants, high-end sweatsuits. Her music almost finished, she went crazy when there’s 80-f—ing-8 flattering paparazzi photos of her but ignores it when it lights up, look was celebrated as anti-pop home one night and lay on the million people watching you.” PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 GADGETS & TECHNOLOGY

GADGETS Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano laptop speedy, easy to use BY GREGG ELLMAN internal Dolby Atmos quad Tribune News Service speaker-system. Or since the I’m an Apple/Mac guy, always laptop has Bluetooth 5.2, it’s easy have been and probably always to pair to your speakers. will be. But the Lenovo ThinkPad Running the show inside is an X1 Nano laptop more than caught 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1130G7 my attention. processor, a 256 GB SSD hard The ThinkPad X1 Nano was drive, 16 GB of RAM and Win- pitched to me for testing by a dows 10 Pro 64 as the operating Lenovo representative as a feath- system. The power button was on erweight powerhouse that deliv- the right side and two Thunder- ers the most complete ultralight bolt ports are on the left, along laptop package today. They add- with a 3.5 mm headphone con- ed that it has high performance, a nection. brilliant display, incredible audio The keyboard is a standard and future-proof connectivity, layout for laptops with a red and that it is the ideal laptop for rubber pointing stick in the cen- the work-from-anywhere profes- ter. Below the keyboard is a sional. 3.9-by-2.3-inch trackpad, left and My thoughts on that statement right clicks, fingerprint reader, after using the ThinkPad X1 and sound comes from the speak- Nano: It is, and it does. And it’s er openings right above the key- great. It’s built for just about any board. Any key you want to use is CAROLYN KASTER/AP user, including business/office/ well-positioned and flows The oldest, simplest computer fix there is — turning a device off then back on again — can thwart hackers. meeting users or everyday users smoothly. in households moving it from For two-way communication, room to room. the ThinkPad X1 Nano has four While at work the other day I 360-degree microphones and a was bragging to a co-worker hybrid infrared 720 HD web (who is also one of those Apple camera, and both worked well on Protect your ‘digital soul’ people) about this laptop, and the a video conference. Just to the first question was, “why”? right of the camera is a feature I Turn off, turn on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers Well, I’ll tell you why. After love, a built-in security webcam plugging it in with a USB-C pow- privacy cover. The battery life is BY ALAN SUDERMAN The number of people whose phones are hacked ered connection — full disclo- listed as 13 hours. Associated Press each year is unknowable, but evidence suggests it’s sure, I used my MacBook Pro Added security features in- s a member of the secretive Senate In- significant. A recent investigation into phone hack- USB-C power adapter — it pow- clude a match-on-chip finger- telligence Committee, Sen. Angus King ing by a global media consortium has caused politi- ered on instantly, let me connect print reader, human-presence has reason to worry about hackers. At a cal uproars in France, India, Hungary and else- to my Wi-Fi, and I started brows- detection and zero-touch login. Abriefing by security staff this year, he where after researchers found scores of journalists, ing in just seconds. Lenovo ThinkPads are tested for said he got some advice on how to help keep his human rights activists and politicians on a leaked Obviously a small task like that 12 military-grade requirements, cellphone secure. list of what were believed to be potential targets of shouldn’t be hard for a new com- which says to the user that they Step One: Turn off phone. an Israeli hacker-for-hire company. puter, but the ease and speed will have a well-built computer, Step Two: Turn it back on. The advice to periodically reboot a phone re- were a great first impression. In enabling it to withstand extreme That’s it. At a time of widespread digital insecuri- flects, in part, a change in how top hackers are general, browsing, watching conditions. ty, it turns out that the oldest and simplest comput- gaining access to mobile devices and the rise of videos and email was smooth You can’t take it for a swim, er fix there is — turning a device off then back on so-called “zero-click” exploits that work without sailing. With a YouTube concert but it should be protected if you again — can thwart hackers from stealing informa- any user interaction instead of trying to get users to video playing in the background, get caught in a quick shower. It tion from smartphones. open something that’s secretly infected. the ThinkPad X1 didn’t slow should also be able to cope with Regularly rebooting phones won’t stop the army “There’s been this evolution away from having a down a bit while multitasking. standard bumps and bangs. of cybercriminals or spy-for-hire firms that have target click on a dodgy link,” said Bill Marczak, a There are a lot of critical fea- Other upgrade models are sowed chaos and doubt about the ability to keep any senior researcher at Citizen Lab, an internet civil tures you need to consider when available with processors, dis- information safe and private in our digital lives. But rights watchdog at the University of Toronto. buying a laptop, with the physical play, memory and other features. it can make even the most sophisticated hackers Typically, once hackers gain access, they look for size being at the top of most lists. I’m still an Apple/Mac guy, but work harder to maintain access and steal data from ways to persist in the system by installing malicious My nice and portable test unit the ThinkPad X1 did get me a phone. software to a computer’s root file system. But that’s has a 13-inch non-touchscreen thinking. “This is all about imposing cost on these mali- become more difficult as phone manufacturers 16:10 display with a classic black Online: lenovo.com (starting at cious actors,” said Neal Ziring, technical director of such as Apple and Google manage to block mal- case (11.53-by-8.18-by-0.66 inch- $1,133.55) the National Security Agency’s cybersecurity direc- ware from core operating systems, Ziring said. es) and weighs torate. “It’s very difficult for an attacker to burrow into about 2 pounds. The NSA issued a “best practices” guide for mo- that layer in order to gain persistence,” he said. The display is bile device security last year in which it recom- That encourages hackers to opt for “in-memory 2K (2160 x mends rebooting a phone every week as a way to payloads” that are harder to detect and trace back 1350-pixel) IPS stop hacking. to whomever sent them. Such hacks can’t survive a with anti-glare King, an independent from Maine, says rebooting reboot, but often don’t need to since many people and Dolby his phone is now part of his routine. rarely turn their phones off. Vision, and “I’d say probably once a week, whenever I think “Adversaries came to the realization they don’t plays videos of it,” he said. need to persist,” Wardle said. “If they could do a crystal clear. Almost always in arm’s reach, rarely turned off one-time pull and exfiltrate all your chat messages They also and holding huge stores of personal and sensitive and your contact and your passwords, it’s almost sound pretty data, cellphones have become top targets for hack- game over anyways, right?” good from the ers looking to steal text messages, contacts and The NSA’s guide also acknowledges that reboot- photos, as well as track users’ locations and even ing a phone works only sometimes. The agency’s Lenovo secretly turn on their video and microphones. guide for mobile devices has an even simpler piece ThinkPad “I always think of phones as like our digital soul,” of advice to really make sure hackers aren’t secret- X1 Nano said Patrick Wardle, a security expert and former ly turning on your phone’s camera or microphone LENOVO/TNS NSA researcher. to record you: don’t carry it with you. Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 CROSSWORD AND COMICS

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Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander Mandate vaccines for all health care workers Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff BY ERIN N. MARCUS that coronavirus vaccines be required of at a national level. Individual hospitals have Special to The Washington Post health care workers. Yet nationwide, an esti- hesitated to require vaccines in part because ant a job in Florida at Disney mated 1 in 4 health care workers aren’t vacci- they fear losing workers in a competitive mar- EDITORIAL World, Cindy Lou’s Cookies or nated. In South Florida, the situation appears ket. Huge numbers of staff nurses in particu- Terry Leonard, Editor Empanada Harry’s? You’ll first worse, with some large hospitals reporting lar have quit, partly because of burnout, and in [email protected] Wneed to get vaccinated against that close to 40% of their employees are unvac- some cases because they’re enticed by the op- COVID-19. cinated. (The Veterans Affairs Medical Cen- portunity to earn significantly higher salaries Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor Applying for a job at a Florida nursing home ter and a private hospital in Fort Lauderdale, as agency nurses. Even if multiple hospitals in [email protected] or hospital? No proof of vaccination required! Holy Cross, do require vaccination.) a region impose a vaccine mandate, they run Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation This discrepancy is infuriating to those of us Physicians have the highest rate of vaccina- the risk of losing workers to traveling employ- [email protected] who work in hospitals and follow the peer-re- tion, in keeping with the findings of a poll earli- ment services that provide staff to hospitals viewed science on coronavirus vaccination — er this year suggesting that more educated elsewhere in the United States. BUREAU STAFF in a state that last week recorded its highest health workers were less likely to view the The federal Department of Health and Hu- number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, break- vaccine through a politically partisan lens. man Services could accelerate the adoption of Europe/Mideast ing last year’s record. But other people with whom patients interact health care worker vaccine mandates by lim- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief Unlike last year’s, this year’s outbreaks have lower vaccination rates. iting Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 were entirely preventable — if only people Hospitals require people to wear masks in to hospitals and nursing homes with such had listened to legitimate scientists, gotten keeping with the federal Centers for Disease rules. The department could also release re- Pacific vaccinated and avoided the mostly unmasked Control and Prevention guidance. But it’s im- liable data on individual hospitals’ staff immu- Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief throngs at parties such as Miami’s Rolling possible to constantly monitor the behavior of nization rates, allowing consumers to decide [email protected] Loud music festival and the city of Miami’s hundreds, if not thousands, of employees. where to seek care. Finally, the Joint Commis- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 125th anniversary celebration, where the Workers need to remove their masks to eat, sion, which accredits health programs around barefaced Miami city mayor, Francis Suarez, and social distancing measures imposed in the United States, could include staff immuni- Washington presented the key to the city to the rapper Flo hospital cafeterias and break rooms aren’t ad- zation as a quality measure. Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] Rida. equate to prevent dissemination of the highly Some health care workers may say this vio- (+1)(202)886-0033 Perhaps as a result of its being home to both infectious delta variant. lates their rights. But patients have the right to Fantasyland and the Magic City, Florida now Low staff immunization rates aren’t due to a receive care in a safe environment, and the Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News [email protected] has the highest daily average number of peo- lack of effort; hospitals have heavily promoted risk of contracting COVID-19 from an unvac- ple hospitalized and dying of COVID-19. vaccines and made them easily available. But cinated person is real. CIRCULATION The situation is especially heartbreaking the health care workforce is a microcosm of Working in health care is a privilege, no for those of us who for the past year have been our society. And that society, with varying matter a person’s specific job responsibilities. Mideast caring for people infected with COVID-19 — rates of science literacy, is highly vulnerable No other field allows a person to help others at Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager [email protected] patients who, as a result, developed long-term to potent myths — like those claiming the vac- their most vulnerable. By wearing a hospital [email protected] complications such as severe permanent lung cine impairs fertility, a misconception the ID badge, we all represent medicine. It’s up to DSN (314)583-9111 disease, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, American Society for Reproductive Medicine us to embrace the miracle of scientific re- memory loss and other neurological prob- has refuted. It’s hard for doctors to counter the search and its potential to get society through Europe lems. barrage of seemingly plausible falsehoods terrible challenges like the current pandemic. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager Given what we’re witnessing, you’d think spewed by cable news bloviators, sincere-ap- No one else can serve as a better example of [email protected] [email protected] health care would be a sector with the highest pearing snake-oil salesmen, eloquent Face- how to behave in a way that will protect our +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 percentage of its workers immunized. Indeed, book fabulists and duplicitous foreign agents. communities. recent consensus statements by the Infectious This is a problem that exceeds the capaci- Pacific Diseases Society of America and other promi- ties of individual hospital administrators, and Dr. Erin N. Marcus is an academic internal medicine physician Mari Mori, [email protected] nent professional organizations have urged one that needs to be addressed — urgently — based in Miami. +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US Washington Buying a first home is only going to get harder tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 BY CONOR SEN — and that share could double by 2024, ac- deal with the whims of individual home- Bloomberg Opinion cording to Hunter Housing Economics. buyers, shifting the construction market Reader letters he rapid growth of the build-to- It’s an even bigger dynamic in the entry- away from entry-level, single-family new [email protected] rent housing industry seems omi- level market — the price points big investors homes. nous for would-be homebuyers, are interested in — in fast-growing metro ar- Institutions and large-scale investors Additional contacts particularly when the inventory eas that are attracting a lot of people in have advantages when it comes to home- stripes.com/contactus T for sale is so low. While the size of the indus- search of cheaper places to buy homes. In buying that individuals don’t. They don’t try is still small relative to the entire U.S. the June new home sales report, 43% of need to wait on a mortgage or the sale of an OMBUDSMAN housing market, every little bit counts when homes that sold were for over $400,000, 28% existing home, they can just pay cash for Ernie Gates rising demand is already pushing prices were between $300,000 and $399,999 and properties. They can ride out bumpy periods The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow higher — especially for first-time home- only 29% sold for under $300,000. in the economy when homeowners might be of news and information, reporting any attempts by the buyers. Now with institutional investors The states with the highest share of single- dealing with unemployment or other cash military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns such as KKR & Co. buying up houses to rent, family rentals are fast-growing Sun Belt crunches that can make it tough to keep pay- and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for the impact could be felt sooner than appre- states like Georgia, Florida and Arizona. A ing the mortgage. And thanks to changes in fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by ciated. build-to-rent industry producing 100,000 the Trump administration’s Tax Cuts and email at [email protected], or by phone at For a little perspective, there were 64,000 homes a year could end up being 30% of the Jobs Act, there’s less of a tax advantage 202.886.0003. homes built to rent in the U.S. in 2020, up entry-level construction market in metro ar- when it comes to mortgage interest pay-

Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- from 37,000 in 2017. That’s significant eas like Phoenix and Nashville, Tenn. ments, reducing an edge that individuals days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday growth in a few years, but in a country with There are flywheel effects that could ac- might have had over institutions. through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals over 80 million owner-occupied housing celerate the growth of new rentals over the This doesn’t mean that homeownership in postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send units, we’re still talking about less than 0.1% next several years. Investors and operators America will go away, but it might become address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. This newspaper is authorized by the of the existing stock. spent the last decade learning how to make more competitive and more limited. Higher- Department of Defense for members of the military services That’s not the whole story, though. The money by scaling up portfolios of single- end homes will probably remain exclusively overseas. However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, and are not to be considered as the official views build-to-rent industry is a much bigger per- family homes that were rented out. Institu- for individual ownership. Older homes and of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspa- per, Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official centage of the annual production of new tional capital took notice and poured in. Now metro areas with more stagnant growth will channels and use appropriated funds for distribution to homes. After a decade of reduced construc- they’re partnering with major homebuilders be less likely to attract the interest of inves- remote locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. The appearance of advertising in this publication does tion following the 2008 financial crisis, the and placing orders, such as Invitation tors. But for many, that first rung on the not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense or housing industry is now building single-fam- Homes and PulteGroup did last month when homeownership ladder, an entry-level new- Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. Products or services advertised shall be made available for ily homes at a rate of between 1.1 million and they announced a deal to build 7,500 rental ly-constructed home in a fast-growing sub- purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, 1.2 million units a year. Take out the 350,000 homes over the next five years. Investors urb, might become increasingly rare. religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of units or so that are torn down and that’s could become more confident in the industry the purchaser, user or patron. about 800,000 net new single-family homes a as an asset class, and homebuilders might Bloomberg Opinion columnist Conor Sen is the founder of © Stars and Stripes 2021 Peachtree Creek Investments. He resides in Atlanta. This year. In that context, 64,000 build-to-rent decide they prefer the predictability of sell- column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial stripes.com units is around 8% of annual net new supply ing to build-to-rent operators rather than board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 SCOREBOARD/AUTO RACING

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MLS Friday’s transactions DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed G Reggie KR Tavon Austin. Placed S Daniel Thomas Bullock. on the COVID-19 list. Activated QB C.J. EASTERN CONFERENCE BASEBALL DETROIT PISTONS — Signed Fs Isaiah Beathard and CB C.J. Henderson from the Major League Baseball Livers and Trey Lyles. Re-signed G Saben COVID-19 list. Johnson WLTPts GF GA MLB — Suspended Oakland OF Ramon Lee. Waived G Rodney McGruder. Signed F KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Activated TE Laureano 80 games without pay after test- Kelly Olynyk. Nick Keizer from the physically unable to New England 11 3 4 37 33 21 ing positive for a performance-enhancing GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Signed Fs perform (PUP) list. Orlando City 8 4 5 29 27 22 substance in violation of MLB’s Joint Drug Nemanja Bjelica and Otto Porter Jr.. Re- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Signed RB Bo Philadelphia 7 4 7 28 24 17 Prevention and Treatment Program. signed G Stephen Curry to a veteran ex- Scarbrough. Waived OT Devery Hamilton American League tension. with a non-football injury. Nashville 6 1 10 28 25 15 BOSTON RED SOX — Placed OF Jarren Du- HOUSTON ROCKETS — Signed C Alperen LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed DB Dono- NYCFC 8 5 3 27 30 16 ran on the COVID-19 list. Recalled INF Jo- Sengun. Signed G Josh Christopher to a van Olumba. Placed DB Dayan Lake on IR. seeking rookie scale contract. — Signed LS Rex Su- D.C. United 7 7 3 24 25 20 nathan Arauz from Worcester(Triple-A MIAMI DOLPHINS East). INDIANA PACERS — Re-signed G T.J. nahara. Columbus 6 5 6 24 19 20 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated INF/ McConnell. NEW YORK JETS — Activated OT George CF Montréal 6 6 5 23 23 22 OF Jake Lamb from the 10-day IL. Optioned LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Signed C Fant from the COVID-19 list. Placed G Alex Dwight Howard, Gs Wayne Ellington, Ken- Lewis on the left squad. New York 5 7 4 19 20 20 RHP Matt Foster to Charlotte (Triple-A East). drick Nunn, Malik Monk and F Trevor Ariza. NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed G Zach Ful- Cincinnati 3 7 6 15 17 29 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Selected the Re-signed G Talen Horton-Tucker. ton on the retired list. MIAMI HEAT — Re-signed Gs Max Strus, Atlanta 2 6 9 15 18 23 contract of C Wilson Ramos from Colubus PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed DB La- (Triple-A East) and agreed to terms on a Gabe Vincent, F Duncan Robinson and C fayette Pitts. better Chicago 3 9 5 14 18 28 major league contract. Placed C Roberto Dewayne Dedmon. Acquired G Kyle Lowry SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DL Da- Toronto FC 3 9 5 14 21 36 Perez on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Aug. from Toronto. vin Bellamy. Activated WR Jauan Jennings, MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Re-signed F Bob- Inter Miami CF 3 8 4 13 13 25 4. CB Emmanuel Moseley and S Jaquiski HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed 1B Yuli Gur- by Portis. Signed Gs George Hill, Rodney Tartt from the reserve/COVID-19 list. riel on the 10-day IL, retroactive to August Hood and F Semi Ojeleye. Placed DL Anthony Zettel on the retired WESTERN CONFERENCE 4. Optioned 2B Robel Garcia to Sugar Land NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed G Quentin list. Grimes to a rookie scale contract. WLTPts GF GA (Triple-A West). Recalled 1B Taylor Jones SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed TE Mi- and 3B Jacob Wilson from Sugar Land. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Waived G chael Jacobson. Activated G Pier-Olivier Kemba Walker. Re-signed G Shai Gilgeous- Lestage. finishes Sporting KC 10 4 3 33 33 20 LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled RHP Andrew Wantz from Salt Lake (Triple-A Alexander to a rookie scale extension. TENNESSEE TITANS — Activated OLB Seattle 9 3 6 33 26 14 East). Placed RHP Steve Cishek on the be- ORLANDO MAGIC — Signed C Robin Lo- Bud Dupree from the physically unable to BY DAN GELSTON pez. LA Galaxy 10 6 1 31 28 27 reavement list. perform (PUP) list. Activated DB Chris Associated Press PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed F Georg- Jones from the COVID-19 list. Waived OL Colorado 8 4 3 27 22 16 OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed CF Ra- mon Laureano on the restricted list. Re- es Niang. Patrick Morris. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jimmie LAFC 6 6 5 23 23 23 called OF Seth Brown from Las Vegas (Tri- PHOENIX SUNS — Acquired G Landry HOCKEY Shamet from Brooklyn. Re-signed Gs Cam- Minnesota 6 5 5 23 19 21 ple-A West). National Hockey League Johnson dodged tractors and skirt- eron Payne, Chris Paul and F Abdel Nader. — Named Larry TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed RF Randy — Signed G ARIZONA COYOTES Real Salt Lake 5 5 6 21 24 17 Arozarena on the 10-day IL. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS Pleau senior advisor to the general man- ed around workers putting the fin- Portland 6 8 2 20 20 27 Ben McLemore. Re-signed G Norman Po- TEXAS RANGERS — Released LF David well. ager. Signed D Conor Timmons to a two- ishing touches on FC Dallas 4 7 6 18 21 25 Dahl. — Re-signed F Ri- year contract. Signed F Bokondji Imama to National League SACRAMENTO KINGS a one-year, two-way contract. the city-street San Jose 4 7 6 18 19 26 chaun Holmes. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent RF TORONTO RAPTORS — Re-signed C Khen EDMONTON OILERS — Signed D Darnell track on his first Houston 3 5 9 18 19 23 Josh Rojas to Reno (Triple-A West) on a re- Birch and G Kyle Lowry. Acquired F Pre- Nurse to an eight-year contract extension. Austin FC 4 8 4 16 13 18 hab assignment. Reinstated LHP Joe Man- cious Achiuwa and G Goran Dragic from NEW YORK RANGERS — Signed Fs Tim tiply from the 10-day IL. Returned LHP Gettinger and Ty Ronning and G Adam laps riding a golf Vancouver 3 7 6 15 18 27 Miami. Ryan Buchter to Reno. UTAH JAZZ — Re-signed G Mike Conley. Huska to one-year contracts. cart through the Note: Three points for victory, one point ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent RHP Huascar Signed C Hassan Whiteside and F Rudy SEATTLE KRAKEN — Signed D Vince for tie. Ynoa to Gwinnett (Triple-A East) on a re- Gay. Dunn to a two-year contract. downtown hab assignment. WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Acquired G SOCCER course. Saturday’s games CHICAGO CUBS — Placed OF Jason Hey- Spencer Dinwiddie from Brooklyn; G Aa- Major League Soccer Atlanta at Columbus ward on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Au- ron Holiday, the rights to F Isaiah Todd and ATLANTA UNITED FC — Signed F Luis Heavy ma- Orlando City at Cincinnati gust 4. Recalled OF Greg Deichmann from cash considerations from the Indiana Pac- Araujo as a designated player via transfer Iowa (Triple-A East). from Lille OSC, pending receipt of his inter- chinery and em- Houston at Minnesota ers; Fs Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell and G Johnson New York City FC at Toronto FC CINCINNATI REDS — Reinstated 3B Mike Kentavious Caldwell-Pope from the Los national transfer certificate and P-1 visa. ployees failed to Austin FC at FC Dallas Moustakas from the 60-day IL. Optioned Angeles Lakers in a five-team trade. COLORADO RAPIDS — Acquired D Lucas Sporting Kansas City at Colorado 2B Mike Freeman to Louisville (Triple-A FOOTBALL Esteves on loan from S.E. Palmeiras (Bra- make it on the race simulator when Real Salt Lake at Portland East). National Football League zil) through June 2022. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed WR Ale- MINNESOTA UNITED FC — Acquired F Jo- Johnson took a seat as he tried to Sunday’s games INF Trea Turner from the IL. Placed LHP va Hifo. Released WR Isaac Whitney. seph Rosales on loan from CA Independ- learn the first new street course on New York at Chicago Victor Gonzalez on the 10-day IL, retroac- ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived WR/KR iente de la Chorrera of the Liga Panamena Philadelphia at New England tive to Aug. 4. Transferred RHP Jimmy Nel- Jeff Badet with an injury designation. Acti- de futbol. the IndyCar schedule in a decade. Nashville at Miami son from the 10-day to the 60-day IL. vated DE Dante Fowler Jr from the CO- LA GALAXY — Acquired D Niko Hamalai- Los Angeles FC at San Jose MIAMI MARLINS — Sent LHP Daniel Cas- VID-19 list. nen on loan from English Football League The real deal was so much better. CF Montréal at D.C. United tano to Jacksonville (Triple-A East) on a re- BALTIMORE RAVENS — Activated QB La- Championside Queens Park through the Vancouver at LA Galaxy hab assignment. mar Jackson and RB Gus Edwards from the end of the 2021 regular season, pending “I have optimism and excite- NEW YORK METS — Reinstated RHP Ed- COVID-19 list. Waived QB Kenji Bahar and recipt of his international transfer certif- ment for a bumpy circuit, a tight NWSL win Diaz from the paternity list. Optioned LB Barrington Wade. icate and P-1 visa. Acquired No. 1 spot on RHP Jake Reed to Syracuse (Triple-A East). BUFFALO BILLS — Signed QB Josh Allen MLS waiver order in exchange for $50,000 circuit, quirky corners,” he said. “I PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed LF Ben in general allocation money from Chicago WLTPts GF GA to a six-year contract. Gamel on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Au- CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Corey Fire FC. think that stuff makes for better gust 5. Reinstated 1B Colin Moran from the NEW YORK CITY FC — Traded D Sebas- Portland 8 3 1 25 19 7 Taylor II. Waived RB Tre Harbison with an 10-day IL. injury designation. tien Ibeagha to Los Angeles FC in ex- racing.” Gotham FC 5 1 5 20 13 7 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHP Jack DENVER BRONCOS — Released WR Am- change for $150,000 general allocation Johnson’s optimism runs high Chicago 6 5 2 20 15 18 Flaherty to Springfield (Double-A Central). ara Darboh. Activated DB Jamar Johnson money. BASKETBALL from the COVID-19 list. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Acquired for the bulk of his racing future, Washington 5 4 3 18 15 14 National Basketball Association DETROIT LIONS — Signed DT Miles $200,000 general allocation money from North Carolina 5 4 3 18 16 9 ATLANTA HAWKS — Re-signed G Trae Brown. Waived TE Jake Hausmann. Vancouver in exchange for D Florian Jung- from his steadfast belief that he can wirth. Houston 5 5 2 17 14 13 Young to a rookie scale extension. Re- GREEN BAY PACKERS — Claimed LB turn the corner in his rookie season signed F John Collins and G Lou Williams. Chauncey Rivers off waivers from Balti- VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC — Loaned F Orlando 4 4 5 17 15 16 BROOKLYN NETS — Acquired G Jevon more. Theo Bair to Norwegian club Hamarkam- for Chip Ganassi Racing to a poten- Reign FC 5 6 1 16 12 13 Carter from Phoenix. Signed F James John- INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Activated T Ju- eratene. son. lien Davenport, DE Al-Quadin Muhammad COLLEGE tial run next season in the Indiana- Louisville 3 6 2 11 7 17 CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Acquired F Ma- and CB Xavier Rhodes from the reserve/ TENNESSEE TECH — Named Todd Miller Kansas City 0 8 4 4 5 17 son Plumlee from Detroit. Signed F J.T. COVID-19 list. Placed WR J.J. Nelson on IR. assistant baseball coach and Drew Fre- polis 500. Note: Three points for victory, one point Thor. Waived S Rolan Milligan and QB Jalen Mor- deric volunteer assistant coach. “I’m probably going to be more for tie. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Re-signed C ton. THIEL — Named Kathleen Egan women’s Jarrett Allen. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR/ volleyball assistant coach. careful in this decision than any- Saturday’s games thing I’ve done,” Johnson said. North Carolina at Gotham FC AP SPORTLIGHT GOLF Portland at Washington For all the fans, and those in the Houston at Reign FC Aug. 8 FedEx St. Jude Classic Barracuda Championship industry, who clamor to see John- Sunday’s games 1902 — The United States, led by William PGA Tour World Golf Championships Larned, beats Britain three matches to son conquer the Brickyard in an Kansas City at Louisville Friday Friday Orlando at Chicago two to capture the Davis Cup. open wheel car, the seven-time 1903 — Britain wins the Davis Cup by At TPC Southwind At Tahoe Mountain Club - Old Greenwood Friday, August 13 beating the United States 4-1. Memphis, Tenn. Truckee, Calif. NASCAR champion’s calculated Washington at Houston 1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, the Unit- Yardage: 7,233; Par: 70 Yardage:; 7,425; Par:; 71 ed States finishes 1-2-3 in the men’s de- Purse: $10.5 Million Modified Stableford scoring awards; 8 decision to race in May comes Saturday, August 14 cathlon. Glenn Morris sets a world record Second Round points for a double eagle; 5 for an eagle; down to safety vs. desire. Portland at Orlando with 7,900 points, followed by Robert Clark Harris English 62-65—127 -13 2 for a birdie; zero for a par; minus 1 for a Reign FC at Kansas City and Jack Parker. Cameron Smith 67-62—129 -11 bogey; and minus 3 for worse than bogey And he’s still firmly on the fence. Abraham Ancer 67-62—129 -11 Purse: $3.5 Million Second Round It’s not just the treacherous 200 TENNIS Ian Poulter 64-66—130 -10 Emiliano Grillo 12-17—21 mph speeds on ovals that force Sam Burns 66-64—130 -10 Adam Schenk 8-19—27 Winners Open Citi Open Scottie Scheffler 65-65—130 -10 Joel Dahmen 16-10—26 Johnson’s wife and two young Louis Oosthuizen 67-64—131 -9 Friday Friday Andrew Putnam 10-15—25 daughters to pause as they consider At Arenele BNR At Willian H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center Bryson DeChambeau 65-66—131 -9 Scott Harrington 13-12—25 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Washington Will Zalatoris 66-66—132 -8 Scott Piercy 10-15—25 giving him the green light to chase Purse: $235,238 Purse: $1,895,290 Jim Herman 64-68—132 -8 Erik van Rooyen 7-17—24 his Indy dream. Johnson’s long- Surface: Red clay Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Carlos Ortiz 64-69—133 -7 John Pak 10-12—22 Women’s Singles Men’s Singles Daniel Berger 66-67—133 -7 Ben Taylor 3-19—22 time attorney, Allen Miller, had Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Max Homa 66-68—134 -6 Richy Werenski 8-11—19 five drivers killed that he repre- Mayar Sherif, Egypt, def. Kristina Kuco- Jenson Brooksby, United States, def. Justin Thomas 67-67—134 -6 Paul Barjon 6-13—19 va (8), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-1. John Millman (11), Australia, 6-1, 6-2. Tony Finau 69-65—134 -6 sented at one time in open wheel Mihaela Buzarnescu, Romania, def. Kris- Jannik Sinner (5), Italy, def. Steve John- Brandon Hagy 9-9—18 tyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3. son, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Paul Casey 68-66—134 -6 Bo Van Pelt 3-15—18 racing. IndyCar hasn’t had a driver Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Anna- Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Lloyd Harris Dustin Johnson 69-65—134 -6 Cameron Percy 5-13—18 killed since Justin Wilson in 2015 Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-0. (14), South Africa, 6-3, 7-5. Ryan Palmer 70-64—134 -6 Maverick McNealy 9-9—18 Mackenzie McDonald, United States, Matthew Wolff 64-70—134 -6 from injuries suffered when he was Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic def. Denis Kudla, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Nelson Ledesma 10-8—18 Stewart Cink 68-66—134 -6 Sam Ryder 5-12—17 struck by debris at Pocono. Indy- Friday Concord 125 Tyrrell Hatton 67-68—135 -5 Stephan Jaeger 14-3—17 At San Jose State University Billy Horschel 68-67—135 -5 Sahith Theegala 10-7—17 Car has since introduced an aero- San Jose, Calif. Friday Phil Mickelson 69-66—135 -5 At The Thoreau Club Michael Thompson 12-5—17 screen that covers the open-air Purse: $565,530 Jason Kokrak 67-68—135 -5 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Concord, Mass. Mark Anderson 10-7—17 cockpit. Women’s Singles Purse: $115,000 Robert MacIntyre 69-67—136 -4 Gary Woodland 2-14—16 Quarterfinals Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Webb Simpson 71-65—136 -4 Vincent Whaley 7-9—16 “Now it’s like, wow, that can’t Daria Kasatkina (4), Russia, def. Magda Women’s Singles Lee Westwood 67-69—136 -4 Joseph Bramlett 10-6—16 happen,” Johnson said. “It’s helped Linette, Poland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Quarterfinals Corey Conners 67-69—136 -4 Ryan Brehm 3-13—16 Elise Mertens (1), Belgium, def. Yulia Pu- Madison Brengle (3), United States, def. Marc Leishman 65-71—136 -4 Taylor Pendrith 3-13—16 us. Helped me way more than it tintseva (8), Kazakhstan, 6-3, 7-6 (8). Cristina Bucsa, Spain, 6-3, 7-5. Aaron Rai 70-67—137 -3 Lee Hodges 3-13—16 Ana Konjuh, Croatia, def. Zhang Shuai, Renata Zarazua, Mexico, def. Hsieh Su- helped her. Big picture, yes, she’s China, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. wei (2), Taiwan, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. Brad Kennedy 67-70—137 -3 Greg Chalmers 9-6—15 trending the same way. But she’s Danielle Collins (7), United States, def. Ele- Vera Zvonareva (4), Russia, def. Mariam Patrick Reed 68-69—137 -3 Harold Varner III 1-14—15 na Rybakina (2), Kazakhstan, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4). Bolkvadze, Georgia, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Hideki Matsuyama 68-69—137 -3 Roger Sloan 11-4—15 never seen a car run at 200.” PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 MLB

ROUNDUP Scoreboard

American League East Division Goodwin’s HR in 10th lifts White Sox WLPct GB Tampa Bay 66 44 .600 _ Boston 64 47 .577 2½ Associated Press New York 60 49 .550 5½ Toronto 58 49 .542 6½ CHICAGO — Brian Goodwin Baltimore 38 70 .352 27 led off the 10th inning with a two- Central Division run homer and the Chicago White WLPct GB Sox regrouped to beat the Cubs Chicago 64 46 .582 _ 8-6 on Friday at Wrigley Field af- Cleveland 53 54 .495 9½ ter Craig Kimbrel blew a three- Detroit 53 59 .473 12 run lead against his former team. Kansas City 47 61 .435 16 Goodwin, who came in to run for Minnesota 47 63 .427 17 West Division Eloy Jiménez in the sixth, broke a 4-all tie with his drive to left-cen- WLPct GB ter against Manuel Rodríguez Houston 65 45 .591 _ Oakland 62 48 .564 3 (0-2). Gavin Sheets and Tim An- Seattle 58 53 .523 7½ derson added RBI singles to make Los Angeles 56 54 .509 9 it 8-4. Texas 39 71 .355 26 Yankees 3, Mariners 2 (11): National League Brett Gardner singled home the East Division winning run with two outs in the WLPct GB 11th inning and surging New York Philadelphia 57 53 .518 _ staged two late comebacks before New York 56 53 .514 ½ beating visiting Seattle for its Atlanta 56 54 .509 1 fourth straight victory. Washington 49 61 .445 8 Miami 47 63 .427 10 The Yankees (60-49) have won Central Division seven of eight since the trade WLPct GB deadline to move a season-high 11 Milwaukee 66 44 .600 _ games over .500. Cincinnati 59 51 .536 7 Angels 4, Dodgers 3 (10): At St. Louis 54 55 .495 11½ Anaheim, Calif., José Iglesias’ CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/AP Chicago 52 59 .468 14½ double in the 10th inning drove in The White Sox’s Brian Goodwin celebrates in the dugout after his two­run homer off Cubs reliever Manuel Pittsburgh 41 69 .373 25 the go-ahead run as the Angels ral- Rodriguez during the 10th inning on Friday in Chicago. Jose Abreu, background, scored on the homer. West Division lied to beat the Dodgers. WLPct GB Iglesias also homered for the doubles and two RBIs in his return the 11th inning in visiting Minne- en effective innings and St. Louis San Francisco 69 41 .627 _ Angels, who have won three of from the injured list to help host sota’s victory over Houston. beat visiting Kansas City. Los Angeles 65 45 .591 4 San Diego 62 49 .559 7½ four in this year’s Freeway Series. Cincinnati rout Pittsburgh. Rays 10, Orioles 6: Nelson Rockies 14, Marlins 2: C.J. Colorado 49 61 .445 20 Indians 6, Tigers 1: Cal Quan- Brewers 2, Giants 1 (10):Row- Cruz homered and drove in five Cron hit two home runs, including Arizona 35 76 .315 34½ trill kept Miguel Cabrera in the dy Tellez singled home Avisaíl runs to to help Tampa Bay beat a three-run drive in his team’s Friday’s games ballpark as he nears 500 home García in the 10th inning to lift host Baltimore for its sixth victory nine-run fourth inning, and host Chicago White Sox 8, Chicago Cubs 6 (10) Cleveland 6, Detroit 1 runs and shut down the rest of De- Milwaukee past visiting San Fran- in eight games. Colorado routed Miami. Toronto 12, Boston 4 Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 6 troit’s lineup for seven innings, cisco. Blue Jays 12, Red Sox 4: Athletics 4, Rangers 1 (11): St. Louis 4, Kansas City 2 leading host Cleveland. Braves 8, Nationals 4: Adam Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a two-run Starling Marte hit a three-run N.Y. Yankees 3, Seattle 2 (11) Minnesota 5, Houston 4 (11)  Phillies 4, Mets 2:Bryce Har- Duvall drove in three runs with homer, Teoscar Hernández had homer in the bottom of the 11th in- Oakland 4, Texas 1 (11) L.A. Angels 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 (10) per homered, Kyle Gibson pitched two hits and host Atlanta turned a three hits and three RBIs and host ning to lift host Oakland over Tex- Cincinnati 10, Pittsburgh 0 six strong innings and drove in the catcher’s interference call into a Toronto used a nine-run fifth in- as. Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Atlanta 8, Washington 4 go-ahead run against visiting New three-run rally to beat Washing- ning to hand Boston its seventh Diamondbacks 8, Padres 5: Milwaukee 2, San Francisco 1 (10) Colorado 14, Miami 2 York, and Philadelphia won its ton for its fourth consecutive vic- loss in eight games. Nick Ahmed’s two-run single Arizona 8, San Diego 5 sixth straight game to take over tory. Cardinals 4 , Royals 2: Tyler capped a six-run fourth inning for Saturday’s games Seattle at N.Y. Yankees first place in the NL East. Twins 5, Astros 4 (11): Mitch O’Neill had a career-high four visiting Arizona, which rallied Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs Reds 10, Pirates 0: Mike Garver homered early and Josh hits, including a solo home run, from a 5-0 deficit to stun San Die- Boston at Toronto, 1st game  Boston at Toronto, 2nd game  Moustakas went 3-for-4 with three Donaldson had an RBI single in and Adam Wainwright threw sev- go. Texas at Oakland Tampa Bay at Baltimore Detroit at Cleveland Minnesota at Houston Kansas City at St. Louis L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers A’s OF Laureano gets 80-game ban for doping N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Associated Press San Francisco at Milwaukee Washington at Atlanta OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Athletics cen- Miami at Colorado Arizona at San Diego ter fielder Ramón Laureano was suspended for Sunday’s games 80 games without pay by the commissioner’s Seattle (Kikuchi 7­6) at N.Y. Yankees (Gil 1­0) office Friday after testing positive for a per- Tampa Bay (Wacha 2­3) at Baltimore formance-enhancing substance. (López 3­12) Boston (Richards 6­7) at Toronto (Ryu The commissioner’s office said Laureano 11­5) Detroit (Peralta 3­2) at Cleveland (Ple­ tested positive for Nandrolone in violation of sac 6­4) Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Preven- Minnesota (Maeda 4­4) at Houston (McCullers Jr. 9­2) tion and Treatment Program. The suspension Kansas City (Bubic 3­5) at St. Louis (Les­ ter 3­6) is effective immediately. Texas (Lyles 5­8) at Oakland (TBD) “I would never knowingly ingest any banned L.A. Angels (Detmers 0­1) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 11­2) substance and put the game that I’ve loved all Chicago White Sox (Cease 8­6) at Chica­ go Cubs (Davies 6­8) my life at risk. When I found out that I tested N.Y. Mets (Walker 7­6) at Philadelphia (Wheeler 9­6) positive for Nandrolone, I was shocked,” Lau- Pittsburgh (Wilson 2­4) at Cincinnati reano said in a statement released by the play- (Mahle 8­3) Washington (Corbin 6­10) at Atlanta ers’ union.“I take great care of my body and (Fried 8­7) KELVIN KUO/AP San Francisco (Cueto 7­6) at Milwaukee have an extremely regimented diet. Based on (Anderson 4­5) the minuscule amount that was briefly in my Oakland outfielder Ramon Laureano, left, violated Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Preven­ Miami (TBD) at Colorado (Freeland 2­6) Arizona (Bumgarner 6­6) at San Diego body, I’ve learned that it is likely that it was tion and Treatment Program and was suspended for 80 games without pay on Friday. (Snell 5­4) contamination of something I ingested. Monday’s games Cincinnati at Cleveland The penalty came down just more than four The 27-year-old Laureano, from the Domin- “You’re forced to just move on,” A’s manag- Chicago White Sox at Minnesota hours before the A’s were to begin a weekend ican Republic, is hitting .246 with 14 homers er Bob Melvin said. “Everybody feels bad for N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs series at home against the Texas Rangers. and 39 RBIs in 88 games this season. what happened for him.” Miami at San Diego Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 NFL/NBA Hall of Fame inductions roster one for the ages

BY BARRY WILNER demic, the 2020 enshrinements of Associated Press that year’s class and a special cen- Take a look at this roster: tennial class were postponed to Peyton Manning throwing to now. Combined with the 2021 Calvin Johnson, Isaac Bruce, Ha- group, 28 men are going into the rold Carmichael and Drew Pear- hall. son. Or handing off to Edgerrin There are so many inductees on James. Saturday and Sunday nights that A pass protec- the hall has limit- tion pocket fea- ed speeches to turing Alan Fa- eight minutes or neca, Steve less. Manning, Hutchinson, Jim- well known for bo Covert and the his verbosity, late Winston Hill. promises he will On defense, a be under that secondary fea- maximum. Manning turing Charles Johnson “So, they’re Woodson, Troy saying there’s Polamalu, John Lynch, Steve At- like a blinking light at six minutes,” water and Donnie Shell. Manning said, “maybe a little bell RICK BOWMER/AP All of them coached by Bill Cow- going off at seven minutes, and Los Angeles forward Kawhi Leonard averaged 30.3 points and 7.7 rebounds in the playoffs before tearing her or Tom then at eight min- the ACL in his right knee during a win over the Utah Jazz in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals Flores or Jimmy utes, they say on June 14. Leonard, who is set to re­sign with the Clippers, will likely miss most of next season. Johnson. that someone’s The group of going to come up FREE AGENCY ROUNDUP men entering the and lead the ap- Pro Football Hall plause to end the of Fame this speech. I look for- weekend fea- ward to seeing tures everything. them come up Polamalu From a super Woodson and lead the ap- Injured Leonard set to scout who found plause while the talent — the late Bill Nunn — to Alan Faneca is still speaking. Good a defensive tackle who once luck getting him off the stage. Or punched out a horse: the late Alex anybody that’s an offensive line- Karras in his role men is probably as Mongo in tough to pull.” re-sign with Clippers “Blazing Sad- Manning, dles.” Woodson and Wire reports droom, their sports business Andre Iguodala, 37, is also set to Quite a cast. Calvin Johnson LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leo- media network. return to the Warriors on a one- “I never knew all were selected nard will re-sign with the Los An- Durant just finished his first year, minimum contract. Iguoda- I was going to this year in their geles Clippers, even though he season playing for the Nets after la spent six seasons with Golden wind up a pro first time eligi- might miss most of the upcoming sitting out the 2019-20 season re- State, winning three NBA cham- football player,” ble. So was Pola- season due to a knee injury. covering from surgery to repair a pionships and claiming the 2015 Cower Manning told the Johnson malu in 2020; he A person with knowledge of the ruptured Achilles tendon. He av- NBA Finals MVP. Hall of Fame for has tested posi- deal told The Associated Press on eraged 26.9 points, 7.1 rebounds Also: its yearbook. “Like lots of kids, I tive for the coronavirus and his sta- Friday that the two sides are still and 5.6 assists, showing he had ■ The Dallas Mavericks signed had dreams and wanted to be like tus for attending Saturday is uncer- finalizing terms of the contract. shaken off the injury to regain the free agent Reggie Bullock on Fri- my dad, and my dad played foot- tain. The person spoke on condition of form that made him the 2014 NBA day, another backcourt addition ball.” Lynch, on the other hand, was a anonymity because the deal has MVP and a four-time scoring for star point guard Luka Doncic Archie Man- finalist seven not been officially announced. champion. with the club set to re-sign Tim ning is in the Col- times before his The Clippers, who reached the Curry finalizes $215M Hardaway Jr. lege Football breakthrough Western Conference finals last ■ The Bucks announced Friday Hall of Fame and this year. It season, have also agreed to re-sign extension with Warriors the signings of George Hill, also had a leng- wasn’t that he guard Reggie Jackson and have SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen guard/forward Rodney Hood and thy NFL career. lacked creden- signed Justise Winslow. Curry finalized his $215 million, forward Semi Ojeleye. The Bucks “That was kind tials as one of the Yahoo Sports first reported the four-year contract extension Fri- also officially announced they had of an easy answer top safeties in the Leonard deal. ESPN first reported day as the Golden State Warriors re-signed forward Bobby Portis. when people game for 15 sea- Jackson and Winslow. began building the roster around ■ The Atlanta Hawks re-signed Lynch Flores asked me or if I sons. The compe- Despite declining his player op- the longtime face of the franchise point guard Lou Williams to a $5 had to write on a class project,” tition at the position was hefty, and tion for next season last week, Le- at the start of free agency. million, one-year contract, securi- Peyton Manning said. Lynch, currently the GM of the onard was expected to remain This marks the second $200 mil- ng a backup to All-Star Trae Nowadays, students write such 49ers, recognizes that. with the Clippers because he lion-plus contract of Curry’s deco- Young, who agreed to a five-year, projects about Manning, the five- “I think that is one thing that’s ex- could sign a maximum contract rated career that includes three $207 million extension that starts time NFL MVP and two-time Su- tremely well-gratifying to see that worth 35% of the team’s salary cap championships. He will earn $48 in 2022. The team confirmed each per Bowl winner. And about Calvin there’s been a movement, and I and would be able to earn up- million for the 2022-23 season, deal on Friday. Johnson, the wideout for the Lions think a well-needed one,” Lynch wards of $3 million more for the then $51.9 million in ’23-’24, $55.7 The Hawks also re-signed pow- who played only nine seasons but said. “That speaks to the value of upcoming season. million in ’24-’25 and $59.6 million er forward John Collins to a five- was so impressive he is joining Jim that position because for years Durant agrees to 4-year in the final year of the deal. year, $125 million contract. Brown and Gale Sayers as Hall of safeties were facing an uphill battle Earlier in the day, Golden State ■ The Cavs signed Jarrett Alle Famers inducted at 35 years old or of getting into the hall ... extension with Nets signed free agent forward Neman- to a five-year, $100 million con- younger. The list is long here in recent NEW YORK — Kevin Durant is ja Bjelica to a one-year contract tract on Friday, securing the 23- “That’s football royalty, man,” years and I think that’s appropriate staying with the Brooklyn Nets for that will pay him the league mini- year-old center as one of their Johnson said. “When you hear because I think that position really the long term. mum and added free agent for- foundational players. Allen, who those guys’ names, you’re just like, has an impact on football and the Durant agreed to a four-year, ward Otto Porter Jr., also on a vet- came over from Brooklyn in a ‘Wow.’ ” reason being is because you’re $198 million contract extension eran minimum contract for next midseason deal, was a restricted This is a “Wow Weekend” in asked to do a little bit of every- Friday, business partner Rich season. free agent before coming to terms Canton. Due to the COVID-19 pan- thing.” Kleiman announced on Boar- According to a league source, with Cleveland earlier this week. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 OLYMPICS SCOREBOARD

Medals table Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Pulawska, Justyna Iskrzycka, Helena Wis- dez, Martin Ramos) 3. Botswana (Isaac Makwala; Baboloki GOLD—United States (Michael Cherry, niewska) WATER POLO Thebe; Zibane Ngozi; Bayapo Ndori), At Tokyo Trevor Stewart, Michael Norman, Ran- CYCLING TRACK Women 2:57.27. Saturday dolph Ross, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benja- Men’s Madison GOLD—United States (Ashleigh John- 4. Belgium (Alexander Doom; Jonathan 51 of 51 events min, Vernon Norwood) GOLD—Denmark (Lasse Norman Han- son, Madeline Musselman, Melissa Seide- Sacoor; Dylan Borlee; Kevin Borlee), 552 of 562 total events SILVER—Netherlands (Liemarvin Bone- sen, Michael Morkov) mann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, 2:57.88. —Britain (Ethan Hayter, Matthew Margaret Steffens, Stephanie Haralabidis, 5. Poland (Dariusz Kowaluk; Karol Za- Nation GSBTot vacia, Jochem Dobber, Terrence Agard, SILVER Tony van Diepen, Ramsey Angela) Walls) Jamie Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gil- lewski; Mateusz Rzezniczak; Kajetan Dus- —France (Donavan Grondin, christ, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, zynski), 2:58.46. United States 36 39 33 108 BRONZE—Botswana (Isaac Makwala, BRONZE Baboloki Thebe, Zibane Ngozi, Bayapo Benjamin Thomas) Amanda Longan) 6. Jamaica (Demish Gaye; Christopher China 38 31 18 87 Ndori) DIVING SILVER—Spain (Laura Ester Ramos, Taylor; Jaheel Hyde; Nathon Allen), ROC 20 26 23 69 Men’s Javelin Throw Men’s 10m Platform Marta Bach, Anna Espar Llaquet, Bea Or- 2:58.76. —Yuan Cao, China tiz, Elena Ruiz, Irene Gonzalez Lopez, Clara 7. Italy (Davide Re; Vladimir Aceti; Britain 20 21 22 63 GOLD—Neeraj Chopra, India GOLD SILVER—Jakub Vadlejch, Czech Repub- SILVER—Jian Yang, China Espar Llaquet, Pili Pena, Judith Forca Ari- Edoardo Scotti; Alessandro Sibilio), Japan 27 12 17 56 lic BRONZE—Thomas Daley, Britain za, Roser Tarrago Aymerich, Maica Garcia 2:58.81. Australia 17 7 22 46 BRONZE—Vitezslav Vesely, Czech Re- EQUESTRIAN Godoy, Paula Leiton Arrones, Maria Elena 8. Trinidad and Tobago (Deon Lendore; public Jumping Team Sanchez Gonzalez) Jereem Richards; Dwight St. Hillaire; Ma- Italy 10 10 19 39 Women’s 10,000m GOLD—Sweden (Henrik von Eckermann, BRONZE—Hungary (Edina Gangl, Dorot- chel Cedenio), 3:00.85. Germany 10 11 16 37 GOLD—Sifan Hassan, Netherlands Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Peder Fredric- tya Szilagyi, Vanda Valyi, Greta Gurisatti, Women Gabriella Szucs, Rebecca Parkes, Anna Marathon Netherlands 10 11 12 33 SILVER—Kalkidan Gezahegne, Bahrain son) BRONZE—Letesenbet Gidey, Ethiopia SILVER—United States (Laura Kraut, Illes, Rita Keszthelyi, Dora Leimeter, Aniko Final France 9 12 11 32 Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Jessica Springsteen, McLain Ward) Gyongyossy, Natasa Rybanska, Krisztina 1. Peres Jepchirchir, Kenya, 2:27:20. Canada 6 6 11 23 BRONZE—Belgium (Pieter Devos, Je- Garda, Alda Magyari) 2. Brigid Kosgei, Kenya, 2:27:36. GOLD—United States (Kaylin Whitney, WRESTLING New Zealand 7 6 7 20 Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Wade- rome Guery, Gregory Wathelet) 3. Molly Seidel, United States, 2:27:46. line Jonathas, Dalilah Muhammad, Ken- SOCCER Men’s Freestyle 65kg 4. Roza Dereje, Ethiopia, 2:28:38. South Korea 6 4 10 20 dall Ellis, Athing Mu, Lynna Irby) Men GOLD—Takuto Otoguro, Japan 5. Volha Mazuronak, Belarus, 2:29:06. Brazil 7 4 8 19 SILVER—Poland (Anna Kielbasinska, Na- GOLD—Brazil (Santos, Gabriel Menino, SILVER—Haji Aliyev, Azerbaijan 6. Melat Yisak Kejeta, Germany, 2:29:16. BRONZE—Gadzhimurad Rashidov, ROC 7. Eunice Chebichii Chumba, Bahrain, Hungary 6 7 6 19 talia Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Diego Carlos, Ricardo Graca, Douglas Luiz, Malgorzata Holub-Kowalik, Justyna Swie- Guilherme Arana, Paulinho, Bruno Guima- BRONZE—Bajrang Bajrang, India 2:29:36. Ukraine 1 5 12 18 ty-Ersetic) raes, Matheus Cunha, Richarlison, Anto- Men’s Freestyle 97kg 8. Mao Ichiyama, Japan, 2:30:13. Spain 3 8 6 17 BRONZE—Jamaica (Roneisha McGregor, ny, Brenno, Dani Alves, Bruno Fuchs, Nino, GOLD—Abdulrashid Sadulaev, ROC 9. Malindi Elmore, Canada, 2:30:59. Junelle Bromfield, Janieve Russell, Sher- Abner, Malcom, Matheus Henrique, Rein- SILVER—Kyle Frederick Snyder, United 10. Sinead Diver, Australia, 2:31:14. Cuba 6 3 5 14 icka Jackson, Candice McLeod, Stacey ier, Claudinho, Gabriel Martinelli, Lucao) States High Jump Poland 4 5 5 14 Ann Williams) SILVER—Spain (Unai Simon, Oscar Min- BRONZE—Reineris Salas Perez, Cuba Final BRONZE—Abraham de Jesus Conyedo Switzerland 3 4 6 13 Women’s High Jump gueza, Marc Cucurella, Pau Torres, Jesus 1. Mariya Lasitskene, ROC, (2.04), 6-8 1-4. GOLD—Mariya Lasitskene, ROC Vallejo, Martin Zubimendi, Marco Asen- Ruano, Italy 2. Nicola McDermott, Australia, (2.02), Turkey 2 2 9 13 SILVER—Nicola McDermott, Australia sio, Mikel Merino, Rafa Mir, Dani Ceballos, Women’s Freestyle 50kg 6-7 1-2. Taiwan 2 4 6 12 BRONZE—Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Uk- Mikel Oyarzabal, Eric Garcia, Alvaro Fer- GOLD—Yui Susaki, Japan 3. Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Ukraine, (2.00), SILVER—Yanan Sun, China Czech Republic 4 4 3 11 raine nandez, Carlos Soler, Jon Moncayola, Pe- 6-6 3-4. Women’s Marathon dri Gonzalez, Javier Puado, Oscar Gil, Dani BRONZE—Mariya Stadnik, Azerbaijan 4. Iryna Gerashchenko, Ukraine, (1.98), Denmark 3 4 4 11 GOLD—Peres Jepchirchir, Kenya Olmo, Juan Miranda, Bryan Gil, Ivan Villar) BRONZE—Sarah Ann Hildebrandt, Unit- 6-6. Jamaica 4 1 4 9 SILVER—Brigid Kosgei, Kenya BRONZE—Mexico (Luis Malagon, Jorge ed States 5. Eleanor Patterson, Australia, (1.96), —Molly Seidel, United States Sanchez, Cesar Montes, Jesus Angulo, Jo- Sweden 3 6 0 9 BRONZE 6-5 1-4. BASKETBALL han Vasquez, Vladimir Lorona, Luis Romo, Saturday’s scores 6. Vashti Cunningham, United States, Kenya 3 4 2 9 Men Carlos Rodriguez, Henry Martin, Diego Lai- BASEBALL (1.96), 6-5 1-4. Croatia 3 3 2 8 GOLD—United States (Keldon Johnson, nez, Alexis Vega, Adrian Mora, Guillermo Bronze Medal 6. Safina Sadullayeva, Uzbekistan, Zach Lavine, Damian Lillard, Kevin Durant, Ochoa, Erick Aguirre, Uriel Antuna, Joa- (1.96), 6-5 1-4. Georgia 2 5 1 8 Dominican Republic 10, South Korea 6 Khris Middleton, Jerami Grant, Jayson Ta- quin Esquivel, Sebastian Cordova, Eduar- Gold Medal 8. Yuliya Levchenko, Ukraine, (1.96), 6-5 Kazakhstan 0 0 8 8 tum, Javale McGee, Jrue Holiday, Bam do Aguirre, Ricardo Angulo, Fernando Bel- Japan 2, United States 0 1-4. Adebayo, Draymond Green, Devin Booker) tran, Roberto Alvarado, Sebastian Jurado) BASKETBALL 9. Marija Vukovic, Montenegro, (1.96), Norway 4 2 1 7 GOLF SILVER—France (Frank Ntilikina, Tim- Men 6-5 1-4. Iran 3 2 2 7 Women’s Individual Stroke Play othe Luwawu Cabarrot, Thomas Heurtel, Gold Medal 10. Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch, Germa- GOLD—Nelly Korda, United States Serbia 2 1 4 7 Nicolas Batum, Guerschon Yabusele, Evan United States 87, France 82 ny, (1.93), 6-4. Fournier, Nando de Colo, Vincent Poirier, SILVER—Mone Inami, Japan Bronze Medal 11. Kamila Licwinko, Poland, (1.93), 6-4. Belarus 1 3 3 7 BRONZE—Lydia Ko, New Zealand Andrew Albicy, Rudy Gobert, Petr Corne- Australia 107, Slovenia 93 12. Mirela Demireva, Bulgaria, (1.93), 6-4. India 1 2 4 7 lie, Moustapha Fall) RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS 13. Maja Nilsson, Sweden, (1.84), 6-0 1-2. Individual All-Around Women Austria 1 1 5 7 BRONZE—Australia (Chris Goulding, Bronze Medal 14. Morgan Lake, Britain, DNS. Patty Mills, Josh Green, Joe Ingles, Mat- GOLD—Linoy Ashram, Israel 10,000m Azerbaijan 0 3 4 7 thew Dellavedova, Nathan Sobey, Matisse SILVER—Dina Averina, ROC France 91, Serbia 76 BEACH VOLLEYBALL Final Belgium 3 1 2 6 Thybulle, Dante Exum, Aron Baynes, Jock BRONZE—Alina Harnasko, Belarus 1. Sifan Hassan, Netherlands, 29:55.32. Landale, Duop Thomas Reath, Nic Kay) HANDBALL Men Egypt 1 1 4 6 Bronze Medal 2. Kalkidan Gezahegne, Bahrain, BOXING Men 29:56.18. Slovenia 3 1 1 5 Men’s Fly (48-52kg) GOLD—France (Nedim Remili, Romain Qatar 2, Latvia 0 (21-12, 21-18) 3. Letesenbet Gidey, Ethiopia, 30:01.72. Bulgaria 2 1 2 5 GOLD—Galal Yafai, Britain Lagarde, Melvyn Richardson, Dika Mem, Gold Medal 4. Hellen Obiri, Kenya, 30:24.27. Norway 2, ROC 0 (21-17, 21-18) Hong Kong 1 2 2 5 SILVER—Carlo Paalam, Philippines Nicolas Tournat, Vincent Gerard, Nikola 5. Francine Niyonsaba, Burundi, 30:41.93. BRONZE—Saken Bibossinov, Kazakh- Karabatic, Kentin Mahe, Yann Genty, Tim- HANDBALL 6. Irine Cheptai, Kenya, 30:44.00. Indonesia 1 1 3 5 stan othey Nguessan, Luc Abalo, Michael Gui- Men 7. Ririka Hironaka, Japan, 31:00.71. Colombia 0 4 1 5 BRONZE—Ryomei Tanaka, Japan gou, Luka Karabatic, Ludovic Fabregas, Bronze Medal 8. Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Germany, Men’s Middle (69-75kg) Spain 33, Egypt 31 Dominican Republic 0 3 2 5 Hugo Descat, Valentin Porte) 31:01.97. GOLD—Hebert Sousa, Brazil SILVER—Denmark (Niklas Landin, Mag- Gold Medal 9. Eilish McColgan, Britain, 31:04.46. Uganda 2 1 1 4 SILVER—Oleksandr Khyzhniak, Ukraine nus Landin, Emil Jakobsen, Magnus Saug- France 25, Denmark 23 10. Emily Sisson, United States, 31:09.58. Israel 2 0 2 4 BRONZE—Gleb Bakshi, ROC strup, Lasse Svan, Kevin Moeller, Henrik SOCCER 11. Yasemin Can, Turkey, 31:10.05. BRONZE—Eumir Marcial, Philippines Moellgaard, Mads Mensah, Henrik Toft Men Uzbekistan 2 0 2 4 12. Karissa Schweizer, United States, Women’s Fly (48-51kg) Hansen, Mikkel Hansen, Morten Olsen, Jo- Gold Medal 31:19.96. Romania 1 3 0 4 GOLD—Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva, han Hansen, Lasse Andersson, Jacob Brazil 2, Spain 1 OT 13. Alicia Monson, United States, Venezuela 1 3 0 4 Bulgaria Holm, Mathias Gidsel) VOLLEYBALL 31:21.36. SILVER—Buse Naz Cakiroglu, Turkey BRONZE—Spain (Gonzalo Perez de Var- Men 14. Andrea Seccafien, Canada, 31:36.36. Philippines 1 2 1 4 BRONZE—Tsukimi Namiki, Japan gas Moreno, Eduardo Gurbindo Martinez, Bronze Medal 15. Dolshi Tesfu, Eritrea, 31:37.98. Slovakia 1 2 1 4 BRONZE—Hsiao-Wen Huang, Taiwan Jorge Maqueda Peno, Angel Fernandez Pe- Argentina 3, Brazil 2 (25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 4 x 400m Relay rez, Raul Entrerrios Rodriguez, Alex Duj- Ethiopia 1 1 2 4 Women’s Welter (64-69kg) 25-17, 15-13) Final GOLD—Busenaz Surmeneli, Turkey shebaev Dovichebaeva, Daniel Sarmiento Gold Medal 1. United States (Sydney McLaughlin; Al- Portugal 1 1 2 4 SILVER—Hong Gu, China Melian, Rodrigo Corrales Rodal, Julen France 3, ROC 2 (25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 21-25, lyson Felix; Dalilah Muhammad; Athing Armenia 0 2 2 4 BRONZE—Lovlina Borgohain, India Aguinagalde Aquizu, Ferran Sole Sala, 15-12) Mu), 3:16.85. Adrian Figueras Trejo, Viran Morros de Ar- Mongolia 0 1 3 4 BRONZE—Oshae Jones, United States WATER POLO 2. Poland (Natalia Kaczmarek; Iga BASEBALL gila, Antonio Garcia Robledo, Aleix Gomez Women Baumgart-Witan; Malgorzata Holub-Ko- Abello, Gedeon Guardiola Villaplana, Mi- Mexico 0 0 4 4 Baseball Placing walik; Justyna Swiety-Ersetic), 3:20.53. GOLD—Japan (Tetsuto Yamada, Sosuke guel Sanchez-Migallon Naranjo) Ecuador 2 1 0 3 KARATE Canada 16, China 7 3. Jamaica (Roneisha McGregor; Janieve Genda, Hideto Asamura, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Russell; Shericka Jackson; Candice McLe- Greece 2 0 1 3 Men’s Kumite +75kg Australia 14, Netherlands 7 Hayato Sakamoto, Ryutaro Umeno, Ken- Bronze Medal od), 3:21.24. Qatar 2 0 1 3 GOLD—Sajad Ganjzadeh, Iran suke Kondoh, Yuki Yanagita, Takuya Kai, Hungary 11, ROC 9 4. Canada (Alicia Brown; Madeline Price; South Africa 1 2 0 3 Koyo Aoyagi, Suguru Iwazaki, Masato SILVER—Tareg Hamedi, Saudi Arabia Kyra Constantine; Sage Watson), 3:21.84. BRONZE—Ugur Aktas, Turkey Gold Medal Morishita, Hiromi Itoh, Yoshinobu Yama- United States 14, Spain 5 5. Britain (Ama Pipi; Jodie Williams; Emi- Ireland 1 0 2 3 moto, Masahiro Tanaka, Yasuaki Yamasa- BRONZE—Ryutaro Araga, Japan ly Diamond; Nicole Yeargin), 3:22.59. Kyrgyzstan 0 2 1 3 ki, Ryoji Kuribayashi, Koudai Senga, Yudai Women’s Kumite +61kg 6. Netherlands (Lieke Klaver; Lisanne de GOLD—Feryal Abdelaziz, Egypt Track and field Argentina 0 1 2 3 Ohno, Ryoya Kurihara, Masataka Yoshida, Witte; Laura de Witte; Femke Bol), 3:23.74. Seiya Suzuki, Munetaka Murakami, Kaima SILVER—Iryna Zaretska, Azerbaijan Saturday 7. Belgium (Naomi van den Broeck; Imke San Marino 0 1 2 3 Taira) BRONZE—Sofya Berultseva, Kazakhstan Men Vervaet; Paulien Couckuyt; Camille Laus), Bahamas 2 0 0 2 SILVER—United States (Eddy Alvarez, BRONZE—Li Gong, China Javelin Throw 3:23.96. Eric Filia, Jack Lopez, Mark Kolozsvary, MODERN PENTATHLON Kosovo 2 0 0 2 Final 8. Cuba (Zurian Hechavarria; Rose Mary Nick Allen, Jamie Westbrook, Nick Marti- Men’s Individual 1. Neeraj Chopra, India, (87.58), 287-4 1-4. Almanza; Sahily Diago Mesa; Lisneidy Vei- Tunisia 1 1 0 2 nez, Scott Kazmir, Patrick Kivlehan, Tyler GOLD—Joseph Choong, Britain 2. Jakub Vadlejch, Czech Republic, tia), 3:26.92. Estonia 1 0 1 2 Austin, Bubba Starling, Todd Frazier, Tris- SILVER—Ahmed Elgendy, Egypt (86.67), 284-4 1-4. ton Casas, Ryder Ryan, David Robertson, BRONZE—Woongtae Jun, South Korea 3. Vitezslav Vesely, Czech Republic, Golf Fiji 1 0 1 2 Anthony Gose, Brandon Dickson, Edwin ARTISTIC SWIMMING (85.44), 280-4. Latvia 1 0 1 2 Jackson Jr, Tim Federowicz, Shane Baz, Team Women's Individual Stroke Play 4. Julian Weber, Germany, (85.30), 279-10 At Kasumigaseki Country Club - East Thailand 1 0 1 2 Scott McGough, Joe Ryan, Simeon Woods GOLD—ROC (Svetlana Romashina, Svet- 1-2. Richardson, Anthony Carter) lana Kolesnichenko, Aleksandra Patskev- 5. Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan, (84.62), Course Jordan 0 1 1 2 BRONZE—Dominican Republic (Gustavo ich, Alla Shishkina, Maria Shurochkina, 277-7 3-4. Saitama, Japan Nigeria 0 1 1 2 Nunez, Yefri Perez, Erick Mejia, Charlie Va- Vlada Chigireva, Marina Goliadkina, Poli- 6. Aliaksei Katkavets, Belarus, (83.71), Yardage: 6,648; Par: 71 lerio, Jeison Guzman, Melky Cabrera, Cris- Final Round Finland 0 0 2 2 na Komar) 274-7 3-4. topher Mercedes, Roldani Baldwin, Julio SILVER—China (Wenyan Sun, Xuechen 7. Andrian Mardare, Moldova, (83.30), Nelly Korda, United States 67-62-69-69—267 Bermuda 1 0 0 1 Rodriguez, Jose Bautista, Ramon Rosso, Huang, Li Guo, Xinping Liang, Chengxin 273-3 3-4. Mone Inami, Japan 70-65-68-65—268 Morocco 1 0 0 1 Junior Garcia, Luis Castillo, Jairo Asencio, Yin, Yu Feng, Yanning Xiao, Qianyi Wang) 8. Lassi Etelatalo, Finland, (83.28), 273-3. Lydia Ko, New Zealand 70-67-66-65—268 Juan Francisco, Johan Mieses, Jhan Mari- BRONZE—Ukraine (Vladyslava Aleksii- 9. Johannes Vetter, Germany, (82.52), Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1 nez, Angel Sanchez, Dario Alvarez, Denyi va, Maryna Aleksiiva, Marta Fiedina, Kat- 270-9. Aditi Ashok, India 67-66-68-68—269 Bahrain 0 1 0 1 Reyes, Raul Valdes, Emilio Bonifacio, Jose eryna Reznik, Anastasiya Savchuk, Kseni- 10. Pavel Mialeshka, Belarus, (82.28), Hannah Green, Australia 71-65-67-68—271 Lithuania 0 1 0 1 Diaz, Gabriel Arias) ya Sydorenko, Yelyzaveta Yakhno, Alina 269-11 1-2. Emily Pedersen, Denmark 70-63-70-68—271 CANOE SPRINT Shynkarenko) 11. Kim Amb, Sweden, (79.69), 261-5 1-2. S. Meadow, Northern Ireland 72-66-68-66—272 Namibia 0 1 0 1 Men’s Canoe Single 1000m BEACH VOLLEYBALL 12. Alexandru Mihaita Novac, Romania, Shanshan Feng, China 74-64-68-67—273 Macedonia 0 1 0 1 GOLD—Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos, Men (79.29), 260-1 3-4. 1500m Nasa Hataoka, Japan 70-68-67-69—274 Saudi Arabia 0 1 0 1 Brazil GOLD—Norway (Anders Berntsen Mol, SILVER—Hao Liu, China Christian Sandlie Sorum) Final Sei Young Kim, South Korea 69-69-68-68—274 Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 BRONZE—Serghei Tarnovschi, Moldova SILVER—ROC (Viacheslav Krasilnikov, 1. Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway, 3:28.32. Jin Young Ko, South Korea 68-67-71-68—274 Botswana 0 0 1 1 Men’s Kayak Four 500m Oleg Stoyanovskiy) 2. Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenya, 3:29.01. N. K. Madsen, Denmark 69-64-72-69—274 —Germany (Max Rendschmidt, GOLD BRONZE—Qatar (Cherif Younousse, 3. Josh Kerr, Britain, 3:29.05. Xiyu Lin, China 71-66-69-68—274 Burkina Faso 0 0 1 1 Ronald Rauhe, Tom Liebscher, Max Ahmed Tijan) 4. Abel Kipsang, Kenya, 3:29.56. Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1 Lemke) VOLLEYBALL 5. Adel Mechaal, Spain, 3:30.77. Yuka Saso, Philippines 74-68-67-65—274 Ghana 0 0 1 1 SILVER—Spain (Saul Craviotto, Marcus Men 6. Cole Hocker, United States, 3:31.40. Wei-Ling Hsu, Chinese Taipei 69-69-71-66—275 Walz, Carlos Arevalo, Rodrigo Germade) GOLD—France (Barthelemy Chine- 7. Stewart McSweyn, Australia, 3:31.91. Hyo Joo Kim, South Korea 70-68-70-67—275 Grenada 0 0 1 1 BRONZE—Slovakia (Samuel Balaz, Denis nyeze, Jenia Grebennikov, Jean Patry, Ben- 8. Michal Rozmys, Poland, 3:32.67. Jessica Korda, United States 71-67-73-64—275 Kuwait 0 0 1 1 Mysak, Erik Vlcek, Adam Botek) jamin Toniutti, Kevin Tillie, Earvin Nga- 9. Jake Heyward, Britain, 3:34.43. Women’s Canoe Double 500m Matilda Castren, Finland 68-70-68-70—276 Malaysia 0 0 1 1 peth, Antoine Brizard, Stephen Boyer, Ni- 10. Jake Wightman, Britain, 3:35.09. GOLD—China (Shixiao Xu, Mengya Sun) colas le Goff, Daryl Bultor, Trevor Cleve- 11. Oliver Hoare, Australia, 3:35.79. Albane Valenzuela, Switzerland 71-69-67-69—276 Moldova 0 0 1 1 SILVER—Ukraine (Liudmyla Luzan, not, Yacine Louati) 12. Charles Grethen, Luxembourg, Danielle Kang, United States 69-69-74-65—277 Syria 0 0 1 1 Anastasiia Chetverikova) SILVER—ROC (Yaroslav Podlesnykh, Ar- 3:36.80. Sanna Nuutinen, Finland 70-68-69-70—277 13. Ignacio Fontes, Spain, 3:38.56. BRONZE—Canada (Laurence Vincent- tem Volvich, Dmitry Volkov, Ivan Iakovlev, Madelene Sagstrom, Sweden 66-68-71-72—277 Lapointe, Katie Vincent) Denis Bogdan, Pavel Pankov, Victor Pole- 4 x 400m Relay Saturday’s medalists Women’s Kayak Four 500m taev, Maxim Mikhaylov, Egor Kliuka, Ilyas Final Maria Fassi, Mexico 73-70-68-68—279 GOLD—Hungary (Danuta Kozak, Tamara Kurkaev, Igor Kobzar, Valentin Golubev) 1. United States (Michael Cherry; Mi- Leona Maguire, Ireland 71-67-70-71—279 TRACK AND FIELD Csipes, Anna Karasz, Dora Bodonyi) BRONZE—Argentina (Matias Sanchez, chael Norman; Bryce Deadmon; Rai Benja- Anna Nordqvist, Sweden 72-69-68-70—279 Men’s 1500m SILVER—Belarus (Marharyta Makhneva, Federico Pereyra, Cristian Poglajen, Fa- min), 2:55.70. Inbee Park, South Korea 69-70-71-69—279 GOLD—Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway Nadzeya Papok, Volha Khudzenka, Mary- cundo Conte, Agustin Loser, Santiago Da- 2. Netherlands (Liemarvin Bonevacia; SILVER—Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenya na Litvinchuk) nani, Sebastian Sole, Bruno Lima, Ezequiel Terrence Agard; Tony van Diepen; Ramsey Klara Spilkova, Czech Republic 69-70-71-69—279 BRONZE—Josh Kerr, Britain BRONZE—Poland (Karolina Naja, Anna Palacios, Luciano de Cecco, Nicolas Men- Angela), 2:57.18. Patty Tavatanakit, Thailand 71-71-69-68—279 Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 OLYMPICS Korda finishes golf sweep for US BY DOUG FERGUSON birdies around the turn and holding her three times in a season, be world No. 1, going Associated Press nerve during a chaotic chase for medals and for gold. KAWAGOE, Japan — Her parents used a one-hour storm delay at the end. "You guys write for a living. This is exact- to call her a lion when Nelly Korda was Xander Schauffele won the Olympic ly what you want to write about.” young because she was relentless in every- men’s competition last Sunday. Mone Inami of Japan delivered the golf- thing she played, from gymnastics to ice Korda tapped in for par and a 2-under 69 loving host nation a silver medal. skating to golf. for a one-shot victory. Moments later, her Lydia Ko of New Zealand needed a 35- “I've always been super determined and 28-year-old sister, Jessica, joined her on the foot birdie putt to tie for the lead on the 18th. super focused on what I want,” Korda said. green for a hug and a shimmy. Jessica had She left it 4 feet short and had to make that Now she is more than she ever imagined: finished earlier with a 64 to tie for 15th and for a 65 to finish one behind. major champion, No. 1 in the world and looked forward to little sister's big moment. In the playoff for the silver, Ko found a Olympic gold medalist, all of this happening “This is just kind of like almost legend bunker off the tee on the 18th hole, had to lay ANDY WONG/AP in the last two months. status as a golfer, period, male or female,” up and missed a 10-foot par putt. Nelly Korda, of the United States, bites What a summer. Jessica said. “It’s tough to win out here and Ko had to settle for the bronze, after win- her gold medal after winning the women’s “Honestly, it's crazy,” she said. she makes it look easy, but those girls are ning the silver in 2016 at Rio de Janeiro. She golf event Saturday at the Summer Korda gave the Americans a sweep of good. So for her to be doing what she's doing, is the only golfer to win medals in both Olympics at the Kasumigaseki Country gold medals in golf on Saturday, breaking it’s insane to me. This is like total GOAT Olympics since the sport returned after a Club in Kawagoe, Japan. away from the pack with three straight (Greatest Of All Time) status to me. To win 112-year absence. End: Durant seals win with pair of free throws meeting after the opening loss to FROM PAGE 24 France at these games, vowed to Green. “This is special.” figure things out and never lost Durant sealed the win with two again. free throws with 8.8 seconds left, “Each and every one of us put in making the outcome academic. that work every single day, from The lead was five, France’s final coaches to the trainers to the play- possession was irrelevant, and it ers,” Durant said. “We all came in was over. The with that goal of, ‘Let’s finish this U.S. players thing off. Let’s build a family. Let’s gathered for a build this team. Let’s grow this hug at midcourt, team every day.’ ... Man, it’s just Durant, Green incredible to be a part of some- and Bam Ade- thing so special, and I’m bonding bayo wrapped with these guys for life, this family themselves in for life.” American flags, The U.S. missed its first eight Gobert Popovich had a three-point tries before Durant long hug with his assistants and got one to drop with 2:04 left in the the journey was complete. opening quarter, starting what be- “I’m so happy for Pop, the staff, came a 21-8 run by the Americans CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP the players, the country,” said a te- on the way to a 39-26 lead midway The United States’ Sue Bird, left, has been on the past four U.S. teams that won Olympic gold. ary-eyed USA Basketball manag- through the second quarter. ing director Jerry Colangelo, who Just as he did when the U.S. was WOMEN’S BASKETBALL was overseeing the men’s pro- down against Spain and Australia gram for a fourth and final Olym- earlier in the knockout round, Du- pics and won gold in each one. “It’s rant stepped up at the biggest mo- a great way to finish.” ments. He had 21 points by half- Bird, Taurasi go for 5th gold Jayson Tatum added 19 points, time, keeping the Americans Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday afloat. BY DOUG FEINBERG four golds and a world. each scored 11 for the U.S. — France closed the half on a 13-5 Associated Press bronze medal. “To see that come to an end, which knew nothing but gold spurt and got within 44-39 at the SAITAMA, Japan — Sue Bird’s Bird and Taura- you’re saddened by it. But at the would make this trip a success. break, then within two early in the 17-year Olympic journey will si have never same time, you had a chance to “I think it’s more joy than relief, third quarter. come to an end Sunday. lost an Olympic witness her greatness for a very but definitely some relief,” Lillard And after the U.S. briefly led by She hopes it will be with an un- game, going long time.” said. “Because of the expectations 14, Nicolas Batum — who saved precedented fifth consecutive 37-0. Bird, 40, and Taurasi first that get placed on Team USA, ob- his team with a last-second block gold medal when the U.S. plays “It ends an in- played together at UConn, win- Taurasi viously it’s going to be some re- to close out a win over Slovenia in Japan in the women’s basketball credible legacy ning an NCAA title in Bird’s se- lief.” the semifinals — beat the third- championship game. Bird and her here at the Games,” said U.S. nior year. Taurasi won two more Evan Fournier and Rudy Gob- quarter buzzer with a three-point- backcourt mate Diana Taurasi coach Dawn Staley, who was part after Bird graduated. ert each scored 16 for France, er that cut the U.S. lead to 71-63 have been a huge part of the of the 1996 team that began the “It’s rare to see two players which now has three silver medals entering the fourth. Americans’ dominant run over program’s current streak of six linked like that for this long,” said — all coming after gold-medal- This U.S. team was one that the past five Olympics. straight golds. their college coach Geno Auriem- game losses to the U.S. Guerschon seemed vulnerable when the sum- Taurasi hasn’t officially said She was teammates with Bird ma, who also coached them in the Yabusele scored 13, Nando de Co- mer started with losses in its first she’s finished playing with USA and Taurasi in the 2004 Athens 2012 and 2016 Olympics. “It’s a lo had 12 and Timothe Luwawu- two exhibitions, wasn’t even com- Basketball, but it would be hard to Games. testament to them and their long- Cabarrot scored 11 for France. plete when the Olympics started imagine the 39-year-old guard Bird has been “the top point evity to keep their bodies and “They played better,” Fournier because three players were in the competing on the world’s biggest guard in the world for a very long minds as sharp as they have. The conceded, as Popovich stopped to NBA Finals, lost Bradley Beal to stage without Bird. time. To see that end, it’s hard for level of respect the two of them hug him. “They played better.” virus-related issues before the The pair stand together as the us as her teammates, her coach- have for each other is unmatched The mission was accomplished: games began, and had lost its last most decorated women’s basket- es,” Staley said. “And it’s ex- by any other two players.” Gold, again — the 16th time in 19 two games against France. ball players in Olympic history. tremely hard for the game of bas- Now there’s just one game left Olympic tries for the U.S. The Didn’t matter. Olympic cham- They have surpassed former U.S. ketball, because she’s played it against a team they beat by 17 in Americans had a players-only pions, again. player Teresa Edwards, who won unlike any other guard across the the preliminary round games. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 OLYMPICS US overwhelms Spain Wins third straight gold in women’s water polo BY JAY COHEN apiece as the U.S. improved to 134-4 a combined score of 63-26. Associated Press since it won gold at the 2016 Rio de “I think this team loves competi- TOKYO — Maddie Musselman Janeiro Games. It broke its own re- tion, so we want the hardest games held her phone out, and the U.S. cords for most goals and biggest and the hardest moments,” Gil- women’s water polo team gathered margin in the final. christ said. for a picture on the top step of the Maggie Steffens and Melissa Sei- The U.S. joins the men’s teams podium. demann became the first women to from Britain (1908-1920) and Hun- It was a familiar scene. The dy- win three gold medals in water polo. gary (2000-2008) as the only coun- nasty is alive and well. Musselman was named MVP, and tries to win at least three straight Musselman scored three times, Johnson was selected as the top water polo titles at the Olympics. It MARK HUMPHREY/AP Ashleigh Johnson made 11 saves goalkeeper of the tournament. is the only team to medal in each of The United States’ Kaleigh Gilchrist, right, is defended by Spain’s and the U.S. won its third consecu- The day belonged to the U.S. — the six women’s tournaments at the Paula Leiton Arrones during the women’s water polo gold medal tive gold medal on Saturday, rout- again. Games. match Saturday at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ing Spain 14-5 in the final at the To- “In the moments where you want Maica Garcia had two goals for kyo Olympics. to be at your best, it’s like it’s just Spain, which has lost 13 in a row fighting back tears. champions had won five of six, out- “We’re having fun out there, and magic when it happens,” Johnson against the U.S., including the finals Garcia, Tarrago, Anni Espar, lasting Hungary in the semifinals. I think you could see that today,” said. “But ... we’re putting in the of the 2017 and 2019 world cham- Laura Ester, Pili Pena and Marta Instead, Spain was pushed aside Musselman said. “Everyone work every day.” pionships. The silver medal match- Bach also were on Spain’s roster by the U.S. once again. brought their best when their best After falling 10-9 to Hungary in es the country’s best finish in the when it lost to the United States in “Destroyed. I really wanted this was needed.” group play in its first loss at the women’s competition. the final at the 2012 Olympics, and gold and I can only say congratula- Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist Olympics since the 2008 final, the “We gave it all. That’s all we they looked primed for revenge in tions to the USA,” Espar said. “They and Alys Williams had two goals U.S. ripped off four straight wins by could do,” said Roser Tarrago, Tokyo. The reigning European played an amazing game.” EQUESTRIAN Relay team earns Felix Springsteen, record 11th track medal US nab silver BY EDDIE PELLS Associated Press TOKYO — Allyson Felix knows the way to after jump off the Olympic medals stand better than any run- ner alive. Associated Press She made her record-setting 11th trip there TOKYO — The Springsteen family has Saturday, after starring as the headliner on a gone platinum many times over. 4x400 relay win that featured a who’s-who of Time to make space for a little silver, too. American running. Jessica Springsteen and the U.S. eques- With the gold medal dangling from her neck trian jumping team came up just short of and the “Star-Spangled Banner” playing in Olympic gold, falling to Sweden in a jump the near-empty stadium, “I took a moment just off Saturday night that still left the Amer- to close my eyes and take it in one last time,” icans with a record 10th medal in the event. Felix said. “I had really high hopes coming in to- After the final race of the final Games of the day,” Springsteen said. “It really gave me a 35-year-old sprinter’s career, Felix leaves the lot of confidence and the ability to have big stage having won the most medals of any track dreams of riding with them so, I’m just so athlete in U.S. history. It’s some list. She DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP excited.” passed Carl Lewis, and now she only trails one Allyson Felix, of the United States, runs in It’s the first for the 29-year-old Spring- CAROLYN KASTER/AP person in the Olympic record book — Paavo the women’s 4 x 400­meter relay steen, the daughter of famed rockers Bruce The United States’ Jessica Springsteen, Nurmi — the Finnish distance runner who Saturday at the Summer Olympics in Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, who made riding Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, won 12 between 1920 and 1928. Tokyo. The U.S. won the gold medal. her Olympic debut in Tokyo. Riding power- competes during the equestrian jumping Felix, who a day earlier took bronze in the ful stallion Don Juan van de Donkhoeve, team final Saturday at the Summer 400 meters to become the most-decorated dles world-record holder, celebrated her 22nd she clipped one rail in the primary round Olympics in Tokyo. woman in Olympic track, has no plans to go birthday by running the opening lap. She Saturday, as did McLain Ward, leaving the any further. In her mind, as a sprinter at least, handed to Felix, who handed to another hur- U.S in a tie with the Swedes for first with out a jump off, Leprevost’s horse refused she also has nothing left to prove. dler, Dalilah Muhammad, who is 31. eight penalty points. twice, disqualifying her and the rest of the “I feel at peace,” she said. “I went out, had all They had two things in common: “I was happy we were able to pull it to- French team. the confidence in these amazing women. I ■ All won medals in their individual races gether and fight for the rest of the course,” That left the Americans and Swedes tied wanted to take it all in one last time around, over the nine days in Tokyo. Springsteen said. for the lead and necessitated the jump off. and it was special.” ■ Also, not a single one is a 400-meter spe- Springsteen, Laura Kraut and Ward each It’s the second straight silver for the U.S. She still plans to sound an active voice for cialist. moved cleanly through the shortened jump- team, which won its last gold in 2008 — also women, and especially for mothers who too of- McLaughlin and Muhammad are friendly off course and did so with a combined time with Kraut and Ward on the team. ten hear what she heard when she got preg- rivals in the hurdles, where they went gold-sil- of 124.2 seconds. Springsteen said after Friday’s qualify- nant with her now 2-year-old daughter, Cam- ver. Mu won gold in the 800. Felix has always Peder Fredricson, the final Swedish rid- ing round that her parents have been watch- my: That once women start having babies, considered herself more of a 200 runner. er, needed to circle the track in 40.30 sec- ing from home, as athletes weren’t allowed their best athletic days are behind them. Three of her 11 medals have come at that dis- onds or better without error and cruised to a to bring family into Japan for these Pan- But if she had any concerns about the future tance. Six of the medals have come in relays. time of 39.01 for the country’s record fourth demic Games. of her sport on the track, the 3 minute, 16.85- All of those have been gold. gold medal but first since 1924. The Amer- She said she was inspired to begin riding second jaunt she was part of in her last Olym- Also in celebration mode was the U.S. men’s icans also entered this week with three after watching her mother take lessons, and pic race — good for a 3.68-second romp over relay team. The combo of Michael Cherry, Mi- golds. she began her training on the family’s farm Poland — certainly put those to rest. chael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and hurdler France had a clear line to a second in Colts Neck, N.J. It was a 19-year-old, Athing Mu, who ran the Rai Benjamin combined to win America’s first straight gold when its final rider, Penelope Swedish riders Henrik von Eckermann anchor leg to secure Felix’s medal — the sev- and only gold medal for the men’s runners on Leprevost, took the course. Needing to fin- and Malin Baryard-Johnsson joined Fre- enth gold in her collection of 11. the track. The U.S. closed out action at the sta- ish with fewer than five points to win with- dricson in earning the gold medal. Sydney McLaughlin, the 400-meter hur- dium with seven golds and 26 overall medals. Sunday, August 8, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 OLYMPICS

BOXING MARATHON Seidel earns bronze Americans for US, predicted medal in 4th grade

BY PAT GRAHAM seek gold, Associated Press SAPPORO, Japan — Maybe the person most surprised by the bronze medal in the women’s Olympic marathon was the bronze medalist herself, Molly Seidel. revenge Even if a medal was something she did set as a goal all the way back in fourth grade. Davis, Torrez both underdogs For a class project, Seidel scribbled in black BY GREG BEACHAM ink on the back of a decorated card: “I wish I Associated Press will make it into the Olympics and win a gold TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics are al- medal.” ready the most successful since 2000 for Recalling that moment, she laughed and the U.S. boxing team if measured by its said: “I was little bit off but still got the medal. haul of four medals. FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP I’m pumped for the bronze.” It’s the best performance by the Amer- The United States’ Richard Torrez Jr., left, and Kamshybek Kunkabayev, of Seidel finished behind Kenyan marathon- icans since 1988 if measured by their Kazakhstan, exchange punches during their super heavyweight +91kg semifinal ers Peres Jepchirchir and Brigid Kosgei on a three berths in Olympic title bouts. match at the Summer Olympics on Wednesday in Tokyo. sweltering Saturday run through the streets of But the most successful nation in Sapporo at the Tokyo Games. Olympic boxing history tember 2019. Cruz in defeat are the reason for his con- This was only her third marathon — ever. is down to its final two Both Americans love the idea of aveng- fidence now. “I was a little bit star-struck,” said Seidel, chances to end the men’s ing their setbacks. “I learned that he doesn’t have quick who finished second at the U.S. Olympic mara- 17-year gold medal “If you’re writing a script, this is the feet like he used to have,” Davis said. “He thon trials in February 2019 to earn a spot for drought — and its two script,” U.S. coach Billy Walsh said. “You stands right in front of you a lot more. I Tokyo. “Being able to run with them, a lot of it fighters in finals on Sun- come back, go to the Olympic final, and feel like that works more to my advan- is just staying calm, and not trying to think, ‘Oh day are also motivated you go beat the guy who put you on your tage, because I still use my feet. I feel like my gosh, you’re running with the fastest wom- by revenge. (rear). That’s what we’re here to do.” I’m still quick. I still have my speed and en in the world.’ It’s just trying to be like, ‘OK, focus on your race, focus and what you need to Davis Lightweight Keysh- Davis’ ever-confident demeanor didn’t power. I’m just more mature.” awn Davis and super change when he watched Cruz advance to The final fight in Tokyo will be Torrez’s do, and stay in it.’ ” heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr. are both face him in the final. rematch with Jalolov, who sent Torrez So that’s what she did. facing the top seeds in their weight class- “I feel like that’s going to be an easy from the ring on a stretcher at the world She hung with the lead pack. Then, world es to close the show at the Kokugikan fight, man,” Davis said after beating Hov- championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia. champion Ruth Chepngetich dropped out on a Arena. They’re both underdogs against hannes Bachkov of Armenia in the semi- Jalolov’s massive left hand turned out hot day that led the race to be moved up an opponents who have beaten them — and finals. “I’m bigger, faster, smarter, stron- Torrez’s lights, but Walsh quickly put the hour (Seidel found out night the night before at in Torrez’s case, beaten them uncon- ger. It showed today. Facing Cuba, I feel setback in perspective. dinner and went straight to bed). It was down scious. like it’s going to be nothing different. I’m “This moment will not define you,” to four at one point with about four kilometers Davis takes on Andy Cruz, who will try just going to show all my attributes and Walsh says he told Torrez. “What will de- remaining when Lonah Salpeter suddenly to add a fourth gold medal to Cuba’s I’m going to win that gold medal.” fine you is how you come back from this stopped and walked to the side of the road (she Olympic-leading haul. Torrez is up It’s not easy on paper: Davis has lost to moment, and (how) you show the charac- finished). against Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan Cruz in Nicaragua, Peru and Russia. His ter that you have and the person that you Seidel finished strong — spurred on by a — the 6-foot-7, 27-year-old pro who has confidence in Japan is grounded in his are to come back from that defeat to this rare cheering crowd that lined the course — to bruised his way to an 8-0 professional re- improvements since turning pro this year stage.” secure that medal. cord and the gold medal bout. and returning to the Olympics with more “This guy is a formidable foe,” Torrez To think, she was envisioning a top-10 finish, Cruz is 3-0 against Davis. power and elusiveness. said. “I’ve been in the ring with him be- maybe top-five if things went right. She wasn’t Jalolov knocked Torrez out cold in Sep- In fact, Davis’ experiences against fore. I’m here to get a gold medal.” selling herself short, just looking at times. Her best was 2:25:13, and there were numerous runners with sub-2:20. Japan blanks US to claim gold in baseball “I wanted to go and just be that person that when you’re racing and all these women were BY RONALD BLUM gled and center fielder Jack López heaved probably like, ‘Who the hell is this girl?’ ” she Associated Press the ball past the plate for a run-scoring error. said. “Just trying to, like, stick my nose where YOKOHAMA, Japan — Japan’s players Masato Morishita (2-0), a 23-year-old it didn’t belong and just kind of get after it. I sprinted onto the mound and the collection right-hander, gave up three hits over five in- mean, Olympics only happens once every four of All-Stars hoisted their manager up and nings, struck out five and walked none. years, you might as well take your shot.” down as if on a trampoline. Kodai Senga, Hiromi Itoh, Suguru Iwaza- They beamed when hanging shiny gold ki and Ryoji Kuribayashi finished a six-hit- medals around each other’s necks, fullfilling ter, and the Japanese men (5-0) matched the a national mission with the first Olympic accomplishment of the women’s softball baseball title in their history. team, which upended the Americans by the American players didn’t seem overly up- same score for their second straight gold set. The released veterans, prospects and medal. career minor leaguers thought they had giv- “They deserved to win,” said U.S. manag- en their best. er Mike Scioscia, denied in his attempt to JAE C. HONG/AP “I really feel like we left it all out there,” match the feat of his mentor, late Los An- Team Japan tosses its manager Atsunori pitcher Nick Martinez said after Japan geles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, Inaba as it celebrates after the gold eeked out enough runs to win Saturday medal baseball game against the United who led the U.S. to the 2000 gold medal. night’s gold-medal game 2-0. States at the Summer Olympics on Japan beat the U.S. twice in six days, also Munetaka Murakami, at 21 the youngest Saturday in Yokohama, Japan. rallying in the ninth and winning 7-6 in 10 in- player in Japan’s starting lineup, hit an op- nings on Aug. 2. posite-field homer over the 16-foot wall in changeup there,” Martinez said. “Just a nice “Our team played really under such dif- left-center on a 2-2 pitch from Martinez (1-1) piece of hitting,” ferent circumstances than they usually face /AP in the third. Martinez winced as the ball Japan added an unearned run in the back in the States in a normal season. Every SHUJI KAJIYAMA landed in the fourth row of the empty blue eighth when Tetsuto Yamada singled off re- game was a Game 7,” Scioscia said. “We got Molly Seidel, of United States, reacts after seats. liever Scott McGough leading off, Hayato within a couple breaks of winning the gold her third­place finish in the women’s marathon on Saturday in Sapporo, Japan. “I thought we had him set up nice for a Sakamoto sacrificed, Masataka Yoshida sin- medal.” PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Sunday, August 8, 2021 80-game suspension SPORTS Athletics’ Laureano caught using performance enhancer ›› MLB, Page 18

OLYMPICS In the end, it’s US again Americans cap difficult summer with gold medal BY TIM REYNOLDS playing for so many people that Associated Press are watching, and for a country, SAITAMA, Japan — Nothing and other countries involved. The about the summer was easy for the responsibility was awesome. I felt U.S. men’s basketball team, and it every day for several years now. neither was the gold-medal game. I’m feeling pretty light now and The Americans expected noth- looking forward to getting back to ing less. the hotel.” And in the end, their Olympic Wine was awaiting, and so was a reign lives on. hero’s welcome from the U.S. Kevin Durant scored 29 points women’s team — which plays for and joined Carmelo Anthony as gold of its own Sunday — when the the only three-time men’s gold men returned to the team hotel. medalists in Olympic history and Later Saturday night, after Aus- the U.S. held off France 87-82 on tralia defeated Slovenia for the Saturday to win the title at the To- bronze, Popovich and the team re- kyo Games — ending a summer turned to the arena for their gold that started with sputters but medals. One player would drape closed with celebration. the prize over another’s neck, then “Every championship is spe- they watched the U.S. flag get cial, and the group you’re with is raised and “The Star-Spangled special, but I can be honest and Banner” blare for them one more say this is the most responsibility time. I’ve ever felt,” said U.S. coach “Everybody was questioning Gregg Popovich, who adds this us,” U.S. forward Draymond gold to five NBA titles he’s won as coach in San Antonio. “You’re SEE END ON PAGE 21

“Because of the expectations that get placed on Team USA, obviously it’s going to be some relief.” Damian Lillard Scored 11 points for the U.S. during the gold-medal game

PHOTOS BY ERIC GAY/AP Above: Kevin Durant celebrates the United States’ 87­82 victory over France in the men’s basketball final Saturday in Saitama, Japan. Right: U.S. players put their gold medals around the neck of coach Gregg Popovich during the medal ceremony. The U.S. lost its first game, then didn’t lose again. Japan shuts out Americans US women’s water polo squad Korda makes it a clean sweep to claim gold in baseball ›› Page 23 wins third straight title ›› Page 22 for United States in golf ›› Page 21